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The Knight Riders are searching for their third IPL title.
Updated : Sep 30, 2017, 05:08 AM IST
The side form Kolkata is probably the one which is more famous for its owner, Shah Rukh Khan, than its players. A stack of KKR fans are actually SRK fans who support the team only due to King Khan. Anyhow, the Gautam Gambhir-led side will be vying for their record third title along with Mumbai Indians who also have two.
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SQUAD:
Retention or transferred: Gautam Gambhir, Kuldeep Yadav, Manish Pandey, Piyush Chawla, Robin Uthappa, Sheldon Jackson, Suryakumar Yadav, Umesh Yadav, Yusuf Pathan, Andre Russell, Brad Hogg, Chris Lynn, Morne Morkel, Shakib Al Hasan, Sunil Narine
Acquired in auction: Colin Munro, John Hastings, Jayadev Unadkat, Ankit Rajpoot, Jason Holder, Rajagopal Sathish, Manan Sharma
FIXTURES:
1) Kolkata Knight Riders v/s Delhi Daredevils
Match 2 8:00pm IST (2:30pm GMT), Eden Gardens, Kolkata
RESULT: TBD
2) Kolkata Knight Riders v/s Mumbai Indians
Match 5 8:00pm IST (2:30pm GMT), Eden Gardens, Kolkata
3) Sunrisers Hyderabad v/s Kolkata Knight Riders
Match 8 4:00pm IST (10:30am GMT), Rajiv Gandhi Intl. Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad
4) Kings XI Punjab v/s Kolkata Knight Riders
Match 13 8:00pm IST (2:30pm GMT), PCA Cricket Stadium, Mohali
5) Rising Pune Supergiants v/s Kolkat Knight Riders
Match 20 8:00pm IST (2:30pm GMT), Maharashtra Cricket Association's International Stadium, Pune
6) Mumbai Indians v/s Kolkata Knight Riders
Match 24 8:00pm IST (2:30pm GMT), Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
7) Delhi Daredevils v/s Kolkata Knight Riders
Match 26 4:00pm IST (10:30am GMT), Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi
8) Royal Challengers Bangalore v/s Kolkata Knight Riders
Match 30 8:00pm IST (2:30pm GMT), M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
9) Kolkata Knight Riders v/s Kings XI Punjab
Match 32 8:00pm IST (2:30pm GMT), Eden Gardens, Kolkata
10) Kolkata Knight Riders v/s Gujarat Lions
Match 38 8:00pm IST (2:30pm GMT), Eden Gardens, Kolkata
11) Kolkata Knight Riders v/s Rising Pune Supergiants
Match 45 8:00pm IST (2:30pm GMT), Eden Gardens, Kolkata
12) Kolkata Knight Riders v/s Royal Challengers Bangalore
Match 48 8:00pm IST (2:30pm GMT), Eden Gardens, Kolkata
13) Gujarat Lions v/s Kolkata Knight Riders
Match 51 8:00pm IST (2:30pm GMT), TBC, TBC
14) Kolkata Knight Riders v/s Sunrisers Hyderabad
Match 55 4:00pm IST (10:30am GMT), Eden Gardens, Kolkata