Former champions Kolkata Knight Riders today named Simon Katich as their new assistant coach for the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) ninth season. The former Australian opener, currently associated with an Australian Rules Football team, will be an assistant coach of the team that will be helmed by Jacques Kallis. Kallis was recently appointed as […]
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Jacques Kallis named KKR head coach
Kolkata, Oct 21 (IANS) Kolkata Knight Riders on Wednesday named South African legend Jacques Kallis as their head coach succeeding Trevor Bayliss, who was with KKR for four years and recently became the head coach of England. Kallis has been with KKR as a player since 2011 and last year became the team’s batting consultant […]
KKR head coach set to be given England’s top job
As per the reports in The Telegraph, Trevor Bayliss is set to be appointed as the new coach of the England, pipping fellow Australian Jason Gillespie for the post. It has been learnt that Bayliss, who is also the head coach of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), has positively responded to an offer from the English […]
IPL 8 : RR vs KKR – Match Preview
THE GAME: The game between the Rajasthan Royals and the Kolkata Knight Riders at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai promises to be a thriller. The two sides are critically placed in the points table. The end result of this game is crystal clear indeed. The winner takes it all, and shall qualify for the playoffs. […]
Proper teamwork the main reason behind the success of KKR: Wasim Akram
Kolkata Knight Riders is a team which surely doesn’t believe in the individual milestones of players. Rather, the men from Kolkata focus on integrating well as a team and gelling closely. The premier reason behind their profound success has been that they have played extremely well as a team. The players have complimented each other […]
Match Preview: KKR vs KXIP
PROBABLE XI of KXIP v KKR: KINGS XI PUNJAB: 1. M. Vijay 2. Virender Sehwag 3. W. Saha 4. Shaun Marsh 5. D. Miller 6. G. Bailey 7. A. Patel 8. M. Johnson 9. R. Dhawan 10. S. Sharma 11. A. Singh KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS: 1. G. Gambhir 2. R. Uthappa 3. M. Pandey 4. […]
IPL 8: KKR vs DD – Match Preview
The Game: Today’s second match of the day will see inconsistent Delhi face off against confident Kolkata Knight Riders at Eden Gardens, Kolkata from 8.00 PM. Delhi Daredevils lost their previous match against Mumbai by 5 wickets and Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Sunrisers by a big margin. Delhi will be looking to get important points […]
KKR’s home advantage greatly challenged us – Tom Moody
The Sunrisers Hyderabad were completely blown away by the Kolkata Knight Riders at the Eden Gardens on the 4th of May. Batting first, the Knight Riders posted a healthy total of 167 in their allocated 20 overs. The visitors were greatly dependent on their opening combo of David Warner and Shikhar Dhawan to fire and […]
Botha and Hogg aim to emulate the success of Sunil Narine for KKR
Sunil Narine has been a spin bowling wizard and there are absolutely no second thoughts regarding that. His variations have bamboozled several world class batsmen and all the batsmen have struggled massively against the cunning Trinidadian. Things however, took a drastic turn for the Knight Riders when Narine was reported twice in the 2014 Champions […]
IPL doesn’t match up to international cricket: KKR’s coach Trevor Bayliss
Ever since the IPL has come into existence there have been a lot of questions about the commitment of the international player towards the league and KKR coach Tevor Bayliss felt that the IPL is not at the standards of international cricket. Trevor said that though the IPL contains a lot of star players it […]