Indian Cricket Team Updates

The past few months would have been tough for Sunil Narine. He had to give the World Cup a miss in an effort to remodel his action; this, after being reported for a suspect bowling action. To Narine’s credit, he has gone back to working out the basics, changed his action to a legitimate one and has now been cleared by the BCCI’s review committee to take part in KKR’s Pepsi IPL 2015 campaign. It is almost a no-brainer that Narine has been the nucleus of KKR’s bowling plans and captain Gautam Gambhir was visibly happy to have his ace spinner back in the side.  Related News: Mumbai Indians (MI) Squad IPL 8 - 2015 Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Squad IPL 8 - 2015 Gambhir credited Narine for the effort he has put in over the past few months. “We were always very confident of him coming back and remodeling his action, especially after the test that he got done in Loughborough which was also an ICC testing center,” Gambhir said.  “I am really happy for him. I have always fe...

Defending champions, Kolkata Knight Riders, had to make two changes to their squad a few days ahead of the 2015 season of the Indian Premier League due to injuries to Jimmy Neesham and Chris Lynn. (Also See:  Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Squad IPL 8 - 2015 ) Veteran cricketer Azhar Mahmood has come into the side for Neesham while Johan Botha has been brought in for Lynn. During Queensland's Sheffield Sheild game against South Australia, Lynn suffered a hamstring injury which has caused him to miss the forthcoming season of IPL. He was retained by KKR but now has to make way for South African all-rounder, Botha. The 32-year old experienced campaigner was bought for his base price, INR 1,00,00,000.  New Zealand all-rounder, Neesham too had to pull out of the eight edition of the T20 tournament due to injury. He has apologised to his fans on twitter for not being able to participate in the forthcoming season of the T20 league. His replacement, Mahmood, was inducted into the s...

IPL 8: Kolkata Knight Riders (KXIP) Players List 2015 Total 16 Players has been retained by Kolkata Knight Riders before Auction process of IPL 2015. Nine Indian Players: Gautam Gambhir, Robin Uthappa, Yusuf Pathan, Kuldeep Yadav, Manish Pandey, Suryakumar Yadav, Piyush Chawla, Umesh Yadav, Veer Pratap Singh and Seven Overseas player: Andre Russell (WI), Chris Lynn (Aus), Morne Morkel (SA), Patrick Cummins (Aus), Ryan ten Doeschate (Neth), Shakib Al Hasan (Ban) and Sunil Narine (WI) has been already selected for IPL 8 Kolkata Knight Riders Squad before Auction process. Remaining Squad has been completed by Auction process. KKR Released Players for 2015: Debabrata Das, Sayan Sekhar Mandal, Jacques Kallis. City:  Kolkata, West Bengal Founded:  2008 Home ground:  Eden Gardens, Kolkata (Capacity: 70,000) Secondary home ground:  Barabati Stadium, Cuttack (Capacity: 45,000) Owner(s):  Shahrukh Khan (Red Chillies Entertainment) Juh...

South Africa fast bowler Morne Morkel will not be available to Kolkata Knight Riders for the upcoming Champions League T20 because of a shoulder injury. It is understood that Morkel has hurt his rotator cuff and wicketkeeper batsman Manvinder Bisla will be his replacement in the 15-man squad.  (Also Read:  KKR captain Gautam Gambhir interview ahead of the CLT20 2014 ) Morkel is the third overseas player to become unavailable for KKR, the IPL champions, after Australian batsman Chris Lynn was ruled out by shoulder surgery and Bangladesh allrounder Shakib Al Hasan had his NOCs to play for the franchise cancelled by the BCB because of disciplinary issues. KKR were left with five overseas players: Jacques Kallis, Sunil Narine, Ryan ten Doeschate, Andre Russell and Pat Cummins.   (Also Read:  Kolkata Knight Riders Squad - CLT20 2014 )   Venky Mysore, the KKR chief executive, said Cricket South Africa had communicated to the BCCI that Morkel needed time...

The Kolkata Knight Riders were a revelation in the 2014 Indian Premier League. After a series of losses in the initial part of the tournament, they gathered themselves together and start winning games with panache. They made it to the business end of the tournament only to emerge as Champions at the end of it. Not surprisingly, their captain Gautam Gambhir is a happy man who takes immense pride in leading a side full of exuberance. (Aldso Read:  Kolkata Knight Riders Squad - CLT20 2014 ) When Gambhir speaks, he oozes confidence and self belief. It is that quality that has helped him succeed as a captain and as a batsman for the Kolkata Knight Riders. With the Knight Riders all set to kickstart their Champions League T20 tournament in a week’s time, we at  CLT20.com  quizzed the KKR captain about the team’s mindset ahead of the marquee tournament. Not surprisingly, the Knight Riders are keen to get their hands on the CLT20 trophy and place it in their trophy cabinet....

400:  Number of IPL matches played across seven editions. ( Also Read:  MI vs KKR - IPL 2014, Match 1: Report ) 156.52:  Jacques Kallis’ strike-rate in the match – his second highest in IPL after 161.82 (89* off 55 vs KXIP in 2010) 131:  Runs added by Jacques Kallis and Manish Pandey for second wicket- Kolkata Knight Riders’ highest partnership for any wicket against Mumbai Indians. 32:  Number of matches taken by Sunil Narine to complete his 50 wickets in IPL – least by any bowler to reach this milestone. Lasith Malinga had taken 33 matches to do so. 8:  Number of ducks made by Gautam Gambhir in IPL. He is now level with Manish Pandey, Jacques Kallis and Rahul Sharma. The record is 9 held by Amit Mishra. 3:  Only the third time Kolkata Knight Riders beat Mumbai Indians in 13 encounters in IPL 2:  Number of times bowlers from opposing sides took four wicket hauls (Malinga 4/23 and Narine 4/20). The only other such instance was seen in Mumbai ...

Thanks to Jacques Kallis’ 72 and Sunil Narine’s 4-0-20-4, the Kolkata Knight Riders sailed to a massive 41-run win against the Mumbai Indians. After the KKR batters, put up 163 runs on the board, their bowlers ensured a fluent victory to kick off their Pepsi IPL 2014 campaign.  ( Also Read:  MI vs KKR - IPL 2014, Match 1: Stats Highlights ) Earlier, KKR won the toss and chose to bat first. However, before Gautam Gambhir (0) could get his eye in, he was done in by Lasith Malinga. The MI pacer dished out his trademark yorker and bowled the opposition skipper out, leaving KKR on four for one in the second over. However, Kallis and Manish Pandey seized the momentum from MI thereafter. The duo put together 131 runs for the second wicket during a 15-plus-over stretch. By smashing sixes and fours fairly regularly, both Kallis and Pandey kept the KKR run-rate in the vicinity of eight-an-over. Both batters brought up their half-centuries during their partnership. Finally, the...

IPL 7:  Kolkata Knight Riders  ( KKR) Players List 2014 Total 2 Players has been retained by Kolkata Knight Riders before Auction process of IPL 2014.One Indian Player Gautam Gambhir and one overseas player Sunil Narine (West Indies) has been already selected for IPL 7 Kolkata Knight Riders Squad before Auction process. Other players included by Auction process. Owner:  Knight Riders Sports Private Ltd Coach:  Trevor Bayliss Captain:  Gautam Gambhir Venue:  Eden Gardens IPL Best:  2012 Winner Batsman: Gautam Gambhir (India) (c) Chris Lynn (Australia) Debabrata Das (India) Manvinder Bisla (India) Manish Pandey (India) Robin Uthappa (India) Suryakumar Yadav (India) Bowlers: Sayan Sekhar Mandal (India) Kuldeep Singh Yadav (India) Sunil Narine (West Indies) Morne Morkel (South Africa) Piyush Chawla (India) Patrick Cummins (Australia) R Vinay Kumar (India) Umesh Yadav (India) Veer Pratap Singh (India) All R...