Founded 2008 Captain Ajinkya Rahane Coach Abhishek Nayar Home ground Eden Gardens, Kolkata IPL titles 3 (2012, 2014, 2024)Owners Shah Rukh Khan (55), Mehta Group (45)
One of the most popular franchises in the Indian Premier League, Kolkata Knight Riders is the perfect mixture of cricket and Bollywood. Co-owned by Shah Rukh Khan, KKR have competed in the league since the beginning. They have won three IPL titles in 2012, 2014 and 2024.
KKR News
KKR full schedule for IPL 2026
Match No. Date Home Away Venue 2 29/03/26 Mumbai Indians Kolkata Knight Riders Mumbai 6 02/04/26 Kolkata Knight Riders Sunrisers Hyderabad Kolkata 12 06/04/26 Kolkata Knight Riders Punjab Kings Kolkata 15 09/04/26 Kolkata Knight Riders Lucknow Super Giants Kolkata
KKR full squad for IPL 2026
Retained Players (12) : Ajinkya Rahane, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Anukul Roy, Harshit Rana, Manish Pandey, Ramandeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Rovman Powell , Sunil Narine , Umran Malik, Vaibhav Arora, Varun ChakaravarthyTrade out : Mayank Markande Releases: Andre Russell (retired), Venkatesh Iyer, Moeen Ali, Quinton de Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Andre Nortje, Spencer Johnson, Chetan Sakariya, Luvnith Sisodiya, Mayank Markande (traded out)Auction picks: Rahul Tripathi (INR 75 lakh), Finn Allen (INR 2 Cr), Tejasvi Singh (INR 3 Cr), Tim Seifert (INR 1.50 Cr), Cameron Green (INR 25.20 Cr), Sarthak Ranjan (INR 30 lakh), Daksh Kamra (INR 30 lakh), Prashant Solanki (INR 30 lakh), Matheesha Pathirana (INR 18 Cr), Kartik Tyagi (INR 30 lakh), Mustafizur Rahman (INR 9.20 Cr) , Rachin Ravindra (INR 2 crore), Akash Deep (INR 1 crore)Players Ruled Out: Mustafizur Rahman, Harshit Rana, Akash DeepReplacements: Blessing Muzarabbani (Mustafizur Rahman), Navdeep Saini (Harshit Rana), Saurabh Dubey (Akash Deep)
KKR Short Bio
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) is one of the franchises competing in the Indian Premier League (IPL), a premier T20 cricket league in India. Founded in 2008, KKR is based in Kolkata, West Bengal, and is owned by Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan, actress Juhi Chawla, and her spouse Jay Mehta. The team’s home ground is the iconic Eden Gardens stadium in Kolkata. KKR has won the IPL championship twice, in 2012 and 2014, under the captaincy of Gautam Gambhir. The team is known for its passionate fan base and vibrant team culture.
Administration & Support Staff
Position Name CEO and Managing Director Venky Mysore Team Manager Wayne Bentley Head coach Abhishek Nayar Mentor Dwayne Bravo Assistant Coach Shane Watson Bowling Coach Tim Southee Power Coach Andre Russell Fielding Coach Dishant Yagnik Head of Scouting Biju George Analyst Nathan Leamon Strength and Conditioning Coach Chris Donaldson Physiotherapist Prasanth Panchada
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 2022 7th out of 10 League stage 2023 7th out of 10 League stage 2024 1st out of 10 Champions 2025 8th out of 10 League stage
Year IPL result Captain Highest Batsman Top Bowler 2008 League stage Sourav Ganguly Sourav Ganguly (349) Umar Gul (12) 2009 League stage Brendon McCullum Brad Hodge (365) Ishant Sharma (11) 2010 League stage Sourav Ganguly Sourav Ganguly (493) Ashok Dinda, Shane Bond, Murali Kartik (9) 2011 Playoffs Gautam Gambhir Jacques Kallis (424) Iqbal Abdulla (16) 2012 Champions Gautam Gambhir Gautam Gambhir (590) Sunil Narine (24) 2013 League stage Gautam Gambhir Gautam Gambhir (406) Sunil Narine (22) 2014 Champions Gautam Gambhir Robin Uthappa (660) Sunil Narine (21) 2015 League stage Gautam Gambhir Robin Uthappa (364) Andre Russell (14) 2016 Playoffs Gautam Gambhir Gautam Gambhir (501) Andre Russell (15) 2017 Playoffs Gautam Gambhir Gautam Gambhir (490) Chris Woakes (17) 2018 Playoffs Dinesh Karthik Dinesh Karthik (498) Kuldeep Yadav (17) 2019 League stage Dinesh Karthik Andre Russell (210) Andre Russell (11) 2020 League stage Eoin Morgan Shubman Gill (440) Varun Chakravarthy (17) 2021 Runners-up Eoin Morgan Shubman Gill (478) Varun Chakravarthy (18) 2022 League stage Shreyas Iyer Shreyas Iyer (401) Andre Russell (17) 2023 League stage Nitish Rana Rinku Singh (474) Varun Chakravarthy (20) 2024 Champions Shreyas Iyer Sunil Narine (488) Varun Chakravarthy (21) 2025 League stage Ajinkya Rahane Ajinkya Rahane (390) Varun Chakravarthy, Vaibhav Arora (17)
