Welcome to kkrkolkata

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) is the franchise representing Kolkata in the Indian Premier League, a Twenty20 cricket tournament.The home of the Kolkata Knight Riders is Eden Gardens, the largest and most iconic cricket stadium in India. It is also one of the largest stadiums in Asia Sourav Ganguly led the team in IPL1 and IPL3, Brendon McCullum in IPL2, and Gautam Gambhir in IPL4. Sourav Ganguly was the team’s Icon Player for the first three seasons.

The official theme of the team is Korbo, Lorbo, Jeetbo Re (Bengali for We will do it, Fight for it, Win it) and the official colors are purple and gold. As per the recent study done by a UK based brand valuation company, Kolkata Knight Riders are ranked as the second most valuable franchise brand at US$46 million. Celebrity co-owner Shahrukh Khan’s hard-selling of the KKR brand has counteracted the team’s poor on-field performance through the first three seasons. The team’s performance, however, improved in the fourth season as it also qualified for the playoffs for the first time.

In 2008, The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) created the cricket tournament Indian Premier League based on the Twenty20 form of the game. For the inaugural tournament held in Apr–Jun of the same year, a list of 8 teams who will be participating in the tournament was finalised. The teams representing 8 different cities of India, including Kolkata, were put up on auction in Mumbai on 20 February. Kolkata Knight Riders was bought by Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan’s company Red Chillies Entertainment in partnership with actress Juhi Chawla Mehta and her husband Jay Mehta for a price of USD 75.09 million (Rs 357 crores).