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Going into TataIPL 2024 Kolkata Knight Riders Skipper Shreyas Iyer will have to prove that he still a match- winner . He was recently dropped from the BCCI central contract list of players and recurring injuries have jolted his career . When fit has shown the ability to pace the innings fast and play big shots when needed .
What KKR would be hoping is a fit Iyer and eager to silence his critics . Kolkata Knight Riders is a high profile franchise co- owned by Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan and actress Juhi Chawal. The team had won the tournament twice in 2012, 2014 .
City of Joy, brace yourself! 🌆
Captain @ShreyasIyer15 is all set to lead @KKRiders in #TATAIPL 2024! 🤩#KKR fans, are you ready to chant ‘Korbo, Lorbo, Jeetbo re’ and back your Knights 🙌 🕺 pic.twitter.com/HzmMlEd0Mz
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) March 18, 2024
And the man who captained them in two historic wins was Gautam Gambhir . the former India opener who ended his five- year stint in Politics as BJP MP from East Delhi ahead of Lok Sabha polls 2024 is back in KKR as Mentor of the team .
With KKR’s seventh place finishes in the last two seasons, Gambhir’s presence is expected to inject fresh vigour and discipline into the squad. It will be interesting to see what kind of bond Gambhir forges with another strong-willed personality in the coaching staff – Chandrakant Pandit.
Them has Sunil Narine, Rinku Singh, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana, Andre Russell. And giving KKR the power is IPL’s most expensive player Mitchell Starc was all smiles as he arrived in Kolkata to join his team Kolkata Knight Riders.
Starc, who was bought by KKR for a whopping Rs 24.75 crore during the IPL players’ auction in December, is back in the IPL after a long gap of nine years.
