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On 16 October 2020, Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Dinesh Karthik handed over Kolkata Knight Riders' captaincy to Eoin Morgan. [57] Since 2022 was a mega auction, Kolkata Knight Riders had to release the majority of players, including top order batsman Shubman Gill, skipper Eoin Morgan and vice captain Dinesh Karthik.
2024 Kolkata Knight Riders season The Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) are a franchise cricket team based in Kolkata , India, which plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). They are one of the ten teams that are competing in the Indian Premier League .
In 2008, Red Chillies acquired ownership rights for the franchise representing Kolkata in the Twenty20 cricket tournament Indian Premier League, for a price of US$75.09 million, and have since named the team Kolkata Knight Riders. KKR is the richest team in the IPL and it has been ranked as the most valued with a brand value of $42.1 million. [88]
The 2025 season will be the 18th appearance for the Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League. They are one of the ten teams competing this year and will enter as the defending champions after defeating the Sunrisers Hyderabad by 8 wickets in the previous edition 's final , ending a 10-year trophy drought.
In the 2020 IPL auction, he was bought by the Kolkata Knight Riders ahead of the 2020 Indian Premier League. [13] On 24 October 2020, he took his first five-wicket haul in the IPL, with figures of 5 wickets for 20 runs, against the Delhi Capitals in Abu Dhabi. [14] He was Kolkata Knight Riders' highest wicket-taker in the 2021 IPL tournament. [15]
Kolkata Knight Riders have 3 IPL titles, while Royal Challengers Bangalore have none. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The rivalry became more intense when, during the 2013 Indian Premier League faceoff between the two teams, Gautam Gambhir had a verbal spat with Virat Kohli when Kohli was sledged after being dismissed by Lakshmipathy Balaji . [ 3 ]
In Kolkata, Phil Salt smashed 14 fours and three sixes in his whirlwind knock as Kolkata won with 4.2 overs to spare. It finished on 162-2 in 15.4 overs, replying to Lucknow’s 161-7.
On 23 September, Kolkata Knight Riders lost the opening match against Mumbai Indians. Dinesh Karthik won the toss and elected to field. Rohit Sharma 80 off 54 balls and Suryakumar Yadav 47 off 28 balls, contributed to a score of 195.