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Sourav Ganguly
Captain
Siddarth Kaul
Ajit Agarkar
Aakash Chopra
Debabrata Das
Ashok Dinda
Chris Gayle
Brad Hodge
David Hussey
Iqbal Abdulla
Murali Kartik
Brendon McCullum (wk)
Ajantha Mendis
Mohammad Hafeez
Ricky Ponting
Wriddhiman Saha (wk)
Salman Butt
Ishant Sharma
Shoaib Akhtar
Laxmi Shukla
Tatenda Taibu (wk)
Umar Gul
Rohan Banerjee
Ranadeb Bose
Saurasish Lahiri
Cheteshwar Pujara
Yashpal Singh
John Buchanan (Coach)
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Domestic news

Buchanan drives Knight Riders to Queensland

John Buchanan's Kolkata Knight Riders squad will fine-tune for the next version of the Indian Premier League with a two-week camp in the Australian coach's home state next month


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Records
Highest totals Most runs
Highest strike rates Most wickets
Best economy rates Most dismissals
Most catches Highest partnership by runs


About Team
Owner: Shahrukh Khan, Juhi Chawla, Jai Mehta
Franchise fee: $75.09 million
Most expensive player: Sourav Ganguly - $1,092,500
Brendon McCullum hits behind the wicket, Bangalore Royal Challengers v Kolkata Knight Riders, Bangalore, April 18, 2008
Brendon McCullum hits behind the wicket, Bangalore Royal Challengers v Kolkata Knight Riders, Bangalore, April 18, 2008 © Aneesh Bhatnagar

Results

52nd match: Kolkata Knight Riders v Kings XI Punjab at Kolkata - May 25, 2008
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 3 wickets (with 2 balls remaining). Kings XI Punjab 174/6 (20/20 ov); Kolkata Knight Riders 175/7 (19.4/20 ov)

47th match: Delhi Daredevils v Kolkata Knight Riders at Delhi - May 22, 2008
Match abandoned without a ball bowled.

44th match: Kolkata Knight Riders v Rajasthan Royals at Kolkata - May 20, 2008
Rajasthan Royals won by 6 wickets (with 21 balls remaining). Kolkata Knight Riders 147/8 (20/20 ov); Rajasthan Royals 150/4 (16.3/20 ov)

41st match: Kolkata Knight Riders v Chennai Super Kings at Kolkata - May 18, 2008
Chennai Super Kings won by 3 runs (D/L method). Kolkata Knight Riders 149/5 (20/20 ov); Chennai Super Kings 55/0 (8/8 ov)

38th match: Mumbai Indians v Kolkata Knight Riders at Mumbai - May 16, 2008
Mumbai Indians won by 8 wickets (with 87 balls remaining). Kolkata Knight Riders 67 (15.2/20 ov); Mumbai Indians 68/2 (5.3/20 ov)

35th match: Kolkata Knight Riders v Delhi Daredevils at Kolkata - May 13, 2008
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 23 runs. Kolkata Knight Riders 133/6 (20/20 ov); Delhi Daredevils 110 (17.5/20 ov)

32nd match: Deccan Chargers v Kolkata Knight Riders at Hyderabad (Decc) - May 11, 2008
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 23 runs. Kolkata Knight Riders 204/4 (20/20 ov); Deccan Chargers 181/7 (20/20 ov)

29th match: Kolkata Knight Riders v Bangalore Royal Challengers at Kolkata - May 8, 2008
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 5 runs. Kolkata Knight Riders 129/7 (16/16 ov); Bangalore Royal Challengers 124/4 (16/16 ov)

22nd match: Kings XI Punjab v Kolkata Knight Riders at Mohali - May 3, 2008
Kings XI Punjab won by 9 runs. Kings XI Punjab 178/6 (20/20 ov); Kolkata Knight Riders 169/6 (20/20 ov)

18th match: Rajasthan Royals v Kolkata Knight Riders at Jaipur - May 1, 2008
Rajasthan Royals won by 45 runs. Rajasthan Royals 196/7 (20/20 ov); Kolkata Knight Riders 151 (19.1/20 ov)

16th match: Kolkata Knight Riders v Mumbai Indians at Kolkata - Apr 29, 2008
Mumbai Indians won by 7 wickets (with 8 balls remaining). Kolkata Knight Riders 137/8 (20/20 ov); Mumbai Indians 138/3 (18.4/20 ov)

11th match: Chennai Super Kings v Kolkata Knight Riders at Chennai - Apr 26, 2008
Chennai Super Kings won by 9 wickets (with 18 balls remaining). Kolkata Knight Riders 147/9 (20/20 ov); Chennai Super Kings 152/1 (17/20 ov)

4th match: Kolkata Knight Riders v Deccan Chargers at Kolkata - Apr 20, 2008
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 5 wickets (with 6 balls remaining). Deccan Chargers 110 (18.4/20 ov); Kolkata Knight Riders 112/5 (19/20 ov)

1st match: Bangalore Royal Challengers v Kolkata Knight Riders at Bangalore - Apr 18, 2008
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 140 runs. Kolkata Knight Riders 222/3 (20/20 ov); Bangalore Royal Challengers 82 (15.1/20 ov)

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Team Mat Won Lost Tied N/R Pts Net RR For Against
Bangalore 14 4 10 0 0 8 -1.160 1983/272.4 2205/261.3
Chennai 14 8 6 0 0 16 -0.192 2241/264.2 2195/253.1
Deccan Chargers 14 2 12 0 0 4 -0.467 2229/270.0 2307/264.3
Delhi Daredevils 14 7 6 0 1 15 +0.342 2001/233.2 2031/246.4
Kings XI Punjab 14 10 4 0 0 20 +0.509 2352/259.5 2271/265.5
Kolkata 14 6 7 0 1 13 -0.147 1845/242.4 1718/221.4
Mumbai Indians 14 7 7 0 0 14 +0.570 2080/249.1 2096/269.3
Rajasthan Royals 14 11 3 0 0 22 +0.632 2245/261.1 2153/270.2
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Home Ground

Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Along with the MCG, the Eden Gardens remains cricket's answer to the Coliseum. It first hosted a Test back in the days of India's cricketing infancy, with Douglas Jardine's team easing to victory inside four days in 1934. Since then, it has become something of a place of pilgrimage for most international cricketers, a chance to strut their stuff in front of the most passionate and vocal crowd in the game. At times though, the fervour has spilled into excess, with riots disrupting matches against the West Indies (1966-67) and Australia (1969-70), and a shameful exhibition of boorishness causing the World Cup semi-final against Sri Lanka (1996) to be called off with the visitors on the threshold of victory. There have been other, better, times too when the verve and energy of ...  More

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