Kolkata Knight Riders team squad of IPL 8 on 2015
2 times IPL title winner Kolkata Knight Riders is also the team of the year who can won the title this year also. They have bought New Zealand All-Rounder James Neesham by 50, 00,000 (Rs). Current champion also won this title previously ay 2012. Also played at Semi-finals at 2011. The worst season for them at the second season of IPL at 2009. Finished the season from 8th and at 2013 from 7th. Other 2 season finished from 6th place.
Team: Kolkata Knight Riders
Coach: Trevor Bayliss
Skipper: GautamGambhir
Home Stadium: Eden Gardens
Best IPL Performance: Winner at 2012 and 2014 IPL
2015 IPL Team’s:
- Gautam Gambhir
- KC Cariappa
- Piyush Chawla
- Pat Cummins
- Aditya Garhwal
- Kuldeep Yadav
- Chris Lynn
MorneMorkel - Sunil Narine
- SumitNarwal
- James Neesham
- Manish Pandey
- Yusuf Pathan
- Veer Pratap Singh
- Andre Russell
- Shakib Al Hasan
- Ryan ten Doeschate
- Robin Uthappa
- Suryakumar Yadav
- Umesh Yadav
Retained Players byKolkata Knight Ridersthis year at IPL 8
Name Country Role
Gautamgambhir India Batsman
A Russell West Indies All-rounder
Chris Lynn South Africa Batsman
KuldeepYadav India Bowler
SuryakumarYadav India Batsman
Manish Pandey India Batsman
MorneMorkel South Africa Bowler
Patrick Cummins Australia Bowler
Piyush Chawla India Bowler
Robin Uthappa India Wicket keeper/batsman
Ryan ten Doeschate Netherlands All-rounder
S-Al-Hasan Bangladesh All-rounder
Sunil Narine West Indies Bowler
UmeshYadav India Bowler
Veer Pratap Singh India Bowler
Yusuf Pathan India All-rounder
Bought player for Kolkata Knight Ridersthis year:
Player Name Sell Price (Rs) Playing Role
James Neesham 50,00,000 All-rounder
Brad Hogg 50,00,000 Bowler
Aditya Garhwal 25,00,000 All-rounder
SumitNarwal 10,00,000 All-rounder
KC Cariappa 2,40,00,000 Bowler
Sheldon Jackson 15,00,000 Batsman
VaibhavRawal 10,00,000 Batsman
