Kolkata Knight Riders

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Kolkata Knight Riders
Kolkata Knight Riders Logo.svg
Nickname(s)KKR
LeagueIndian Premier League
Personnel
Captainvacant
CoachBrendon McCullum
OwnerRed Chillies Entertainment (55%), Mehta Group (45%)
Team information
CityKolkata, West Bengal, India
ColoursKKR
Founded24 January 2008; 14 years ago (2008-01-24)
Home groundEden Gardens, Kolkata
Capacity68,000
History
Indian Premier League wins2 (2012, 2014)
CLT20 wins0 Runners-up (2014)
Official websitekkr.in

T20 kit

Kolkata Knight Riders in 2022

The Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) are a franchise cricket team representing the city of Kolkata in the Indian Premier League. The franchise is owned by Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan, actress Juhi Chawla and her spouse Jay Mehta. The Knight Riders play at the iconic Eden Gardens stadium.[1]

The franchise, which has gained immense popularity due to its association with celebrity owners, qualified for the IPL playoffs for the first time in 2011. They became the IPL champions in 2012, by defeating Chennai Super Kings in the final. They repeated the feat in 2014, defeating Kings XI Punjab.[2] The Knight Riders hold the record for the longest winning streak by any Indian team in T20s (14).[3]

The side's all-time leading run-scorer is Gautam Gambhir,[4] while their leading wicket-taker is Sunil Narine.[5] The official theme of the team is Korbo, Lorbo, Jeetbo Re (we will perform, fight, and win!) and the official colours are purple and gold. The brand value of the Knight Riders was estimated at $104 million in 2018, second highest among IPL franchises.[6] In 2019, their value was estimated at ₹629 crore (US$84 million).[7]

Franchise history

Sourav Ganguly with the symbol of the Kolkata Knight Riders, flanked by Shah Rukh Khan on the left and Gauri Khan on the right.

In 2007, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) created the cricket tournament Indian Premier League, based on the Twenty20 format of the game.[8] Eight teams participated in the inaugural tournament held in April – June 2008. The teams representing the eight different cities of India were put up on auction in Mumbai on 20 February 2008. The team representing Kolkata was eventually bought by Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan's company Red Chillies Entertainment in partnership with actress Juhi Chawla and her husband Jay Mehta for a price of $75.09 million, equal to approximately ₹2.98 billion at that time.[9] Sourav Ganguly, former captain of the Indian national team, a native of West Bengal and the current President of BCCI, was named the Icon player for the team. The name of the team is a reference to the popular 1980s American television series Knight Rider.[10]

In June 2015, the team's ownership group bought a stake in the Caribbean Premier League's Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel,[11] and renamed it the Trinbago Knight Riders in 2016.[12] In December 2020, the team also made an investment in the upcoming American T20 league Major League Cricket.[13]

In 2021, the Knight Riders Group CEO, Venky Mysore, announced their entry into the South African T20 league with Cape Town Knight Riders and signalled intentions to invest in ECB's new competition format, The Hundred.[14]

Livery

Initially, when the Kolkata Knight Riders were first introduced in 2008, the logo of the team consisted of a blazing golden Viking helmet against a black background with the name of the team written in gold next to it. However, the black background was changed to purple in the third season. It was in 2012 that the current logo, which has a blazing purple Corinthian helmet trimmed with gold, with Kolkata Knight Riders written within a shield was introduced.[15]

The tagline of the team was "All the King's Men" during the first four seasons.[16] However, in the fifth it was replaced by "New Dawn, New Knights". The team's official colours were black and gold during the first two seasons. At the time, Khan said that "golden symbolizes spirit of life and black presents the Goddess Kali."[16] It was later changed to purple and gold during the third season and was kept so. The jersey was created by Bollywood fashion designer Manish Malhotra.[16]

The main theme of the team Korbo, Lorbo, Jeetbo Re (we will act, fight, and win!) was scored by Vishal–Shekhar duo.[16] A Knight Riders album featuring several singers and music composers including Usha Uthup and Bappi Lahiri was also created.[17][18]

Team logo of the Kolkata Knight Riders, 2008–2011 seasons.

Rivalries

The Knight Riders have historically been a successful franchise in the IPL. This success has led to them having many rivalries among other teams.

Mumbai Indians

Both the teams play in major markets as the Mumbai Indians play in Mumbai and the Kolkata Knight Riders play in Kolkata. The Mumbai Indians is the most successful IPL franchise with five championships but until Mumbai's third championship, both the teams were tied with two championships. In the first two seasons of the IPL, Mumbai swept Kolkata in all four games. It was not until the 2010 IPL Season that Kolkata won against Mumbai. Both the sides have been captained by Indian cricket legends at one point (Mumbai was captained by Sachin Tendulkar and Kolkata was captained by Sourav Ganguly). This rivalry has often played out in Mumbai's favour as they have won 22 games compared to Kolkata's 7 wins but has been known league wide as an exciting match-up. Both have played each other twice in the playoffs.[19]

In 2011, both the teams played against each other in the Eliminator round as both the franchises made their first playoff appearances. This marked the first time that the two teams met in the playoffs. Mumbai won the match by four wickets and advanced to the next round, ultimately losing to the Royal Challengers Bangalore.

In 2012, both the teams were chasing a playoff spot in the tournament. The game started out terribly for KKR as their batting side couldn't score runs. KKR picked up the pace and ended the innings with 140/7. Mumbai was expected to win at that point and started to attack quickly, and started 60/2 with more than 10 overs left to play. Mumbai quickly collapsed and finished their innings with 108 runs and all out. Sunil Narine was named Man of the Match with 4 wickets and KKR eliminated MI from the playoffs. KKR won its first championship that season. Knight Riders owner Shah Rukh Khan was handed a 5-year ban at Wankhede Stadium, home of the Mumbai Indians. He was accused of walking on the field post-match and abusing the security guards.[20] In 2015, the ban was lifted.[21]

Mumbai and Kolkata both faced off in the opening match of the 2015 season. Mumbai was up to bat in the first innings as they scored a promising 168/3. This charge was led by captain, Rohit Sharma with his 98 runs. Kolkata captain, Gautam Gambhir had 57 runs and led his side to victory. Suryakumar Yadav's 46 runs were crucial to KKR's chase.

In 2017, Mumbai earned its 100th T20 win against KKR.[22] Later that season, both the sides met in the playoffs in the Qualifier 2 round. KKR had a poor batting performance as they posted 107 runs and all out. Mumbai was able to capitalise and won the match.[23] Mumbai went onto the finals to beat Rising Pune Supergiant to claim their third championship.

From 2015 to 2018, Mumbai Indians held an eight-game winning streak against the Kolkata Knight Riders. That streak was broken on 29 April 2019, as KKR posted a total of 232 runs and won by 34 runs. Both the sides displayed excellent hitting as KKR's Andre Russell scored 80 runs and MI's Hardik Pandya scored 91 runs. KKR holds the record for highest total for an IPL match played at Eden Gardens.[24] This victory was KKR's 100th T20 win.[25] Mumbai have won all the 3 games between them since then.

Royal Challengers Bangalore

The rivalry between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore is one of the oldest in the IPL. The inaugural match of IPL was played between both the teams in which KKR won by 140 runs due to a 158* off just 73 balls by Brendon McCullum.[26]

In IPL 2009, both the teams faced off against each other again in which RCB won both the times. In the 2nd time they faced, Ross Taylor scored a blitzkrieg 81* off 33 balls to win it for RCB by 6 wickets.[27]

In the 2012 edition of IPL, KKR was at the lower half of the IPL table and needed to win the crucial match against RCB. KKR won the toss and chose to bat first. The skipper Gautam Gambhir led from the front with 93 (51). In reply, RCB lost wickets at regular intervals, as only the Universe Boss – Chris Gayle managed to put up a fight with a score of 86 (58).[28] In the next time they met, Gambhir again was the thorn of RCB as he top scored for KKR at a tough pitch taking KKR to a competitive total of 165. RCB in reply made a measly 129 as Lakshmipathy Balaji ripped through their lineup with a 4/18 in 4 overs.[29]

In the 2015 IPL edition, RCB and KKR took part in a match reduced due to rain. It was reduced to a 10 over match. RCB won the toss and elected to field. For KKR, Andre Russell was the top scorer as he scored 45 off just 17 balls as he took them to an intimidating score of 111/4 in just 10 overs. Mitchell Starc took one wicket for 15 runs in 2 overs. In reply, RCB had a great start and were at 0–48 at 3.4 overs before Brad Hogg got Chris Gayle out. After that, RCB stuttered and started to collapse as they were reduced to 3–81 in 7.2 overs. When Virat Kohli got out to Andre Russell, the match looked to be over for RCB. However, Mandeep Singh played a blinder of an innings as he scored 45 off just 18 balls hitting 3 sixes and 4 fours.[30]

In the 2017 IPL edition, Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore locked horns with one another again. In the first match between them, RCB got KKR put for a paltry score of 131 after KKR got off to a strong start of 0–48 in 3.3 overs. However, in one of the most brilliant displays of bowling, KKR reduced RCB to 49/9 before getting the final wicket, resulting in RCB getting the lowest score in the history of IPL – 49 all out. Nathan Coulter Nile, Colin de Grandhomme and Chris Woakes got 3 wickets each.[30] In the next time they faced, Sunil Narine scored the fastest fifty of IPL then and the second fastest now (50 off 15 balls). KKR made the highest score made in powerplay in any IPL match, and chased down the target offered by RCB easily.[30]

The 2019 IPL saw Virat Kohli scoring 84 off 49 and AB de Villiers scoring 63 off 32, taking RCB to a total of 205/3. KKR had a strong start scoring 28/0 in 1.3 overs before losing wickets at regular intervals and having their run rate reduced. They were 139/4 in 15.5 overs. Dinesh Karthik and Andre Russell however brought back the chase on control. Karthik got out scoring 19 off 15, leaving KKR at 153/5 in 17 overs. Andre Russell however took KKR over the line as he scored 48 off 13, hitting Mohammed Siraj for 23 runs in one over.[30]

However, in the next match, RCB struck back as Virat Kohli made his 5th IPL century scoring 100 runs in 58 balls only. Moenn Ali scored 66 runs in only 28 balls as RCB scored 213 runs. For KKR, Nitish Rana scored 85 off 46 and Andre Russell scored 65 off 25, taking the game to the wire. However, RCB came on top and won the match by 10 runs with Virat Kohli being Man of the Match.[31]

Home ground

The home venue of the Knight Riders is the iconic Eden Gardens (with the two ends of the crease called the High Court End and the Club House End). Owned by the Cricket Association of Bengal, it was the largest cricket stadium in India and had a seating capacity of over 90,000.[32] In 2011, the stadium was renovated to meet the standards set by the International Cricket Council for the 2011 Cricket World Cup; reducing its capacity to around 68,000. The renovated stadium includes a new clubhouse and players' facilities, upgrading the exterior wall, cladding the existing roof structure with a new metal skin, and general infrastructure improvements.[33] In 2013, two of the team's home matches were hosted by the JSCA International Cricket Stadium in Ranchi.

Panoramic view of the Eden Gardens stadium during IPL 2008.

Kit manufacturers and sponsors

Multinational communications corporation Nokia was the official founding sponsor of the Kolkata Knight Riders and remained their principal sponsor until 2014.[6][34][35] In 2015, Chinese mobile phone manufacturer Gionee took over as their principal sponsor and signed a three-year deal worth ₹540 million (US$7.2 million).[36] In 2018, Nokia returned as the main sponsor of the Knight Riders, signing a two-year deal.[37] Star Plus, Reebok, HDIL, Kit Kat, SB Nation, Doublemint, SAP AG, Asian Paints, Red FM 93.5, The Telegraph, Seiko, U.S. Polo Assn., Uber, Dish TV, Sansui Electric, Ola Cabs, Exide, Ibibo, Sprite, Dream11, Pepsi, Sony Music India, Royal Stag, Greenply, MoneyGram, Fever 104 FM and Pocari Sweat have all formerly been either co-sponsors or partners.

In 2020, MPL became their principal sponsor.[38] As of 2021, they have co-sponsorship deals with Jio, Lux Cozi, Colgate, Pentonic and Unacademy along with others. They also have partnerships with Kotak Mahindra Bank, BKT Tyres, Kingfisher Calendar, Amul Kool and MX Takatak.[39]

Year Kit manufacturers Shirt sponsor (chest) Shirt sponsor (back) Chest Branding
2008 Reebok Nokia HDIL Reebok
2009 StarPlus
2010 Matrix
2011
2012 Rose Valley
2013
2014 U.S. Polo Assn. Sansui U.S. Polo Assn.
2015 Gionee
2016 Lux Cozi Lux Cozi
2017 Jio
2018 Nokia
2019
2020 MPL
2021 Wrogn Active Unacademy

Players

Sourav Ganguly, the former captain of the Indian cricket team was the icon player and led the franchise in the 2008 and 2010 seasons. Brendon McCullum led the team in the intervening period. Both the captains were released before the 2011 season. The former team included all-rounders Chris Gayle, David Hussey, Mohammad Hafeez, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Angelo Mathews, batsman Ricky Ponting, Brad Hodge, Salman Butt and wicket-keeper Wriddhiman Saha. The main bowlers were Umar Gul, Shoaib Akhtar, Ishant Sharma, Ashok Dinda, Ajit Agarkar and Murali Karthik. Australian batsman Brad Hodge and bowlers Ajantha Mendis and Charl Langeveldt were bought outside the IPL auction in late 2008.

At the 2009 auction, the team bought Bangladeshi all-rounder Mashrafe Mortaza at a whopping price of $600,000. Due to the unavailability of Pakistani players starting 2009, KKR had to suspend the contract of Umar Gul, who was a key performer from the 2008 season.[40][41] On 26 April 2009, KKR administration sent back two of its players Akash Chopra and Sanjay Bangar on the premises of poor performance.[42] Shane Bond was acquired after releasing Ricky Ponting, Morne van Wyk and the Pakistani players Umar Gul, Salman Butt, Mohammad Hafeez and Shoaib Akhtar before the third season. Moises Henriques was traded to Delhi in return for Owais Shah and Manoj Tiwary. Thus, their overseas roster for the 2010 season consisted of Shane Bond, Mashrafe Mortaza, Brendon McCullum, Charl Langeveldt, Ajantha Mendis, Angelo Mathews, Brad Hodge, David Hussey, Owais Shah and Chris Gayle.

2011 heralded the beginning of a new era for KKR. In the 2011 season, KKR drastically revamped their squad. Former captain and icon player Sourav Ganguly was not purchased in the January auction. This led to protest rallies, signature campaigns throughout the country and abroad along with stadium protests by various fan groups, such as 'No Dada No KKR',[43] which received both national and international press attention.[44][45][46] The team appointed Gautam Gambhir, who was bought for a record-breaking $2.4 million as skipper.[47] Yusuf Pathan was also picked up for a whopping $2.1 million.[47] Other international names who were added include Shakib Al Hasan, Brad Haddin, Jacques Kallis, Brett Lee, Ryan ten Doeschate, Eoin Morgan and James Pattinson. Haddin was replaced by Mark Boucher mid-season due to injury.[47]

In the 2012 auction, KKR bought back their former captain, Brendon McCullum. They also acquired West Indian spinner Sunil Narine and South African fast bowler Marchant de Lange.

The team later added four domestic players to their squad, including Debabrata Das and Iresh Saxena from Bengal, Saurashtra's Chirag Jani and Sanju Samson from Kerala.[48] However, in November 2012, KKR released the latter three from their team along with Jaydev Unadkat, a key performer from the previous seasons. In the 2013 auction, the team acquired only two overseas players, Sachithra Senanayake and Ryan McLaren.

Before the February 2014 auction, the team had only retained their key performers Gautam Gambhir and Sunil Narine. From the auctions that took place, the team brought back Jacques Kallis and Yusuf Pathan with their right-to-match (RTM) card. Also keeping their place in the squad were Ryan ten Doeschate and Shakib Al Hasan. New international players were Morne Morkel, Patrick Cummins and Chris Lynn. Prominent Indian players bought included Robin Uthappa, Umesh Yadav, Manish Pandey, Suryakumar Yadav and Piyush Chawla.

KKR's impressive additions in the 2015 auction were veteran Australian bowler Brad Hogg and wicket-keeper Sheldon Jackson. Before the auction in February 2016, they released Ryan ten Doeschate who was a part of their team for five consecutive seasons along with pace bowler Pat Cummins. The Knight Riders were particularly noted for their change in approach from the previous auctions where they had concentrated on spinners. For the 2016 edition, however, they acquired as many as six pacers in the form of all-rounders John Hastings, Colin Munro, Jason Holder and Rajagopal Sathish as well as bowlers Ankit Rajpoot and Jaydev Unadkat, with the latter being a former player of the squad. They signed one spinner Manan Sharma.[49] Before the 2017 auctions, they released Morne Morkel, Brad Hogg, Jason Holder, Colin Munro, John Hastings, Jaydev Unadkat, Rajagopal Sathish, Manan Sharma and replacement signing Shaun Tait. From the 2017 Indian Premier League auction, they signed Trent Boult, English all-rounder Chris Woakes, Australian Nathan Coulter-Nile, West Indian Darren Bravo and Jamaican Rovman Powell. The domestic players signed were Rishi Dhawan, Ishank Jaggi, Sayan Ghosh and R Sanjay Yadav. At the time, Andre Russell was banned for one year for doping; he was replaced by Colin de Grandhomme for the season. In January 2018, they only retained West Indian cricketers Sunil Narine and Andre Russell. Their two-time title winning captain Gautam Gambhir was released. At the auction, they retained Robin Uthappa, Piyush Chawla and Kuldeep Yadav using RTM (Right-To-Match) card. KKR also bought back their impressive opener Chris Lynn and uncapped Indian batsman Ishank Jaggi. Other uncapped batsmen bought were Nitish Rana, Shubman Gill, Cameron Delport, Rinku Singh and Apoorv Wankhade. They also bought West Indian uncapped all-rounder Javon Searles and uncapped Indian all-rounders Kamlesh Nagarkoti and Shivam Mavi. Other signings were veteran Indian wicket-keeper Dinesh Karthik, Australian pace bowlers Mitchell Starc and Mitchell Johnson and former Knight Riders player Vinay Kumar.

On 4 March 2018, Dinesh Karthik was appointed as the captain of KKR for IPL 2018 and Robin Uthappa was named vice-captain.[50] Mitchell Starc was ruled out before the season due to injury and Tom Curran was announced as his replacement. Ahead of the auction for IPL 2019, eight players were released from the squad including Mitchell Starc and his replacement Tom Curran.

At the auction, their high-profile buys were Carlos Brathwaite for ₹50 million (US$660,000) and New Zealand pacer Lockie Ferguson for ₹16 million (US$210,000). Other players bought were South African pacer Anrich Nortje, English duo Harry Gurney and Joe Denly as well as uncapped Indian players Nikhil Naik, Prithvi Raj Yarra and Shrikant Mundhe for their base prices of ₹2 million (US$27,000) each. Before IPL 2020, KKR released 11 players from their squad and also traded in Siddhesh Lad from Mumbai Indians.

At the 2020 IPL Auction, KKR bought pace bowler Pat Cummins for ₹15.5 crores. This was the biggest buy in the auction.[51] KKR also purchased Eoin Morgan, who just came off as captain of the World Cup winning England squad. He was bought for ₹5.25 crores.[52] On 16 October 2020, Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Dinesh Karthik handed over Kolkata Knight Riders' captaincy to Eoin Morgan.[53]

Seasons

Season League standing Final standing
2008 6th out of 8 League stage
2009 8th out of 8 League stage
2010 6th out of 8 League stage
2011 4th out of 10 Playoffs
2012 2nd out of 9 Champions
2013 7th out of 9 League stage
2014 2nd out of 8 Champions
2015 5th out of 8 League stage
2016 4th out of 8 Playoffs
2017 3rd out of 8 Playoffs
2018 3rd out of 8 Playoffs
2019 5th out of 8 League stage
2020 5th out of 8 League stage
2021 4th out of 8 Runners-up

The Knight Riders qualified for the Champions League Twenty20 in 2011, 2012 and 2014, which was the last edition of the tournament before it being permanently called off. The team was eliminated in the group stage in 2011 and 2012, but finished as runners-up in the ultimate season.

Current squad

  • Players with international caps are listed in bold.
  •  *  denotes a player who is currently unavailable for selection.
  •  *  denotes a player who is unavailable for rest of the season.
No. Name Nat Birth date Batting style Bowling style Signed year Salary Notes
Batters
All-Rounder
12 Andre Russell Jamaica (1988-04-29) 29 April 1988 (age 33) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2014 ₹12 crore (US$1.6 million) Overseas
25 Venkatesh Iyer India (1994-12-25) 25 December 1994 (age 27) Left-handed Right-arm medium 2021 ₹8 crore (US$1.1 million)
Wicket-Keepers
Spin-Bowlers
29 Varun Chakravarthy India (1991-08-29) 29 August 1991 (age 30) Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2020 ₹8 crore (US$1.1 million)
74 Sunil Narine Trinidad and Tobago (1988-05-26) 26 May 1988 (age 33) Left-handed Right-arm off break 2012 ₹6 crore (US$796,800.00) Overseas
Pace Bowlers
Source:KKR Players

Administration and support staff

Position Name
Owner India Shah Rukh Khan, Jay Mehta, Juhi Chawla
CEO and Managing Director India Venky Mysore
Team manager United Kingdom Wayne Bentley
Head coach New Zealand Brendon McCullum
Assistant coach India Abhishek Nayar
Mentor Australia David Hussey
Bowling coach India Bharat Arun
Assistant bowling coach India Omkar Salvi
Fielding coach England James Foster
Strategic consultant England Nathan Leamon
Source:KKR Staff

List of The Head coaches

Dates Coach
2008–2009 Australia John Buchanan
2010–2011 Australia Dav Whatmore
2012–2015 Australia Trevor Bayliss
2016–2019 South Africa Jacques Kallis
2020–present New Zealand Brendon McCullum

Captains

Dates Captain
2008, 2010 India Sourav Ganguly
2009 New Zealand Brendon McCullum
2011–2017 India Gautam Gambhir
2018–2020 India Dinesh Karthik
2020–2021 England Eoin Morgan

Former players

Indian Players Overseas Players

Statistics

Overall results

Updated as of 15 October 2021

IPL summary of results
Year Played Wins Losses Tied NR Win % Position
2008 14 6 7 0 1 46.16 6/8
2009 14 3 10 0 1 23.07 8/8
2010 14 7 7 0 0 50.00 6/8
2011 15 8 7 0 0 53.33 4/10
2012 18 12 5 0 1 70.58 1/9
2013 16 6 10 0 0 37.50 7/9
2014 16 11 5 0 0 68.75 1/8
2015 14 7 6 0 1 53.84 5/8
2016 15 8 7 0 0 53.33 4/8
2017 16 9 7 0 0 56.25 3/8
2018 16 9 7 0 0 56.25 3/8
2019 14 6 8 0 0 42.86 5/8
2020 14 7 7 0 0 50.00 5/8
2021 17 9 8 0 0 52.94 2/8
Total 213 108 101 0 4 51.67
  • Abandoned matches are counted as NR (no result)
  • Win or loss by super over or boundary count included

Source: ESPNCricinfo[54]

Result summary

Updated as of 15 October 2021[55]

Opposition Span Mat Won Lost Tied Win %
India Pune Warriors India 2011–2013 5 4 1 0 80.00
India Deccan Chargers 2008–2012 9 7 2 0 77.78
India Rising Pune Supergiant 2016–2017 4 3 1 0 75.00
India Gujarat Lions 2016–2017 4 1 3 0 25.00
India Kochi Tuskers Kerala 2011 2 0 2 0 0.00
India Sunrisers Hyderabad 2013–present 21 14 7 0 66.66
India Kings XI Punjab 2008–present 29 19 10 0 65.52
India Delhi Capitals 2008–present 28 16 12 0 57.14
India Royal Challengers Bangalore 2008–present 29 16 13 0 55.17
India Rajasthan Royals 2008–2015; 2018–present 24 13 11 0 54.17
India Chennai Super Kings 2008–2015; 2018–present 25 8 17 0 32.00
India Mumbai Indians 2008–present 29 7 22 0 24.13

Legend:

  Team now defunct

Overall results in CLT20

Main article: Champions League Twenty20
Year Matches Wins Losses No result % win % Summary
2011 6 3 3 0 50.00 5/10 (13)
2012 4 1 2 1 33.33 6/10 (14)
2014 6 5 1 0 83.33 2/10 (14)
Total 16 9 6 1 60.00
Result summary in Champions League Twenty20
Opposition Span Matches Won Lost Tied No result % win
South Africa Chevrolet Warriors 2011 1 1 0 0 0 100.00
South Africa Dolphins 2014 1 1 0 0 0 100.00
Australia Hobart Hurricanes 2014 1 1 0 0 0 100.00
Pakistan Lahore Lions 2014 1 1 0 0 0 100.00
South Africa Nashua Titans 2012 1 1 0 0 0 100.00
Australia Perth Scorchers 2012–2014 2 1 0 0 1 100.00
India Royal Challengers Bangalore 2011 1 1 0 0 0 100.00
New Zealand Auckland Aces 2011–2012 2 1 1 0 0 50.00
India Chennai Super Kings 2014 2 1 1 0 0 50.00
India Delhi Daredevils 2012 1 0 1 0 0 0.00
England Somerset Sabres 2011 2 0 2 0 0 0.00
Australia South Australia Redbacks 2011 1 0 1 0 0 0.00

In popular culture

A reality show by the name Knights and Angels aired on NDTV Imagine in 2009 to pick six cheerleaders for the Knight Riders for the 2009 edition of the Indian Premier League.[56][57]

See also

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