2014 with a match-winning 94, said it's like a homecoming for him as he's looking forward to rekindle the old magic with another Knight Rider Robin Uthappa.

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"Robin and I have had some partnerships before. However cricket remains the same. We have to do well on any ground.

Nothing changes there. We will try to take the advantage of whatever knowledge we have of the ground. It should be a big help.

"Having played for KKR for three seasons, it's like a home-coming for me. The feel of the grass, the dressing room... it's an amazing feel out here. We spent about two and half months here during IPL."

Karnataka have a mix of experience and youth with the likes of senior players in Robin Uthappa, Stuart Binny.

There will be all eyes on IPL auction's two-crore pick K Gowtham, an off spinner and a hard hitting batsman with a T20 strike rate of 166.66 while Mayank Agarwal, who's fresh from two half centuries in Mushtaq Ali, will hope to give them a good start.

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