
Kolkata Knight Riders are three-time IPL winners. The workforce confronted challenges within the 2025 version of the franchise, however completed eighth within the factors desk.
The workforce is owned by actors Shah Rukh Khan, Juhi Chawla, and Jay Mehta. The franchise’s dwelling floor is the Eden Gardens, in Kolkata and is thought for its passionate “Korbo, Lorbo, Jeetbo” (Carry out, Struggle, Win) spirit.

On the IPL public sale held in December 2025, Kolkata Knight Riders made headlines by securing Australian all-rounder Cameron Inexperienced for ₹25.20 Cr, making him the most costly abroad participant in IPL historical past.
KKR entered the public sale with the league’s largest purse of ₹64.3 Cr and efficiently crammed all 25 squad slots.
Key retentions to the workforce included Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, Harshit Rana, and Ramandeep Singh.
Vital gamers launched or misplaced by KKR in the course of the public sale included Shreyas Iyer, Mitchell Starc, Phil Salt, and Venkatesh Iyer.
This 12 months’s IPL 2026 is ready to start on March 28, 2026 and is predicted to conclude on Might 31. Earlier than the massive occasion kicks off, right here’s a listing of gamers and workforce workers you must know.
Andre Russell, who has represented Kolkata Knight Riders, had introduced his retirement. He joined KKR as the facility coach. Whereas saying his retirement, Russell mentioned he can be a part of the three-time title profitable aspect’s assist workers within the 2026 version
Captain: Ajinkya Rahane
Head Coach: Abhishek Nayar
Assistant Coach: Shane Watson
Bowling Coach: Tim Southee
Staff Mentor: Dwayne Bravo
Fielding Coach: Dishant Yagnik
Energy Coach: Andre Russell
Head Physiotherapist: Prasanth Panchada
Proprietor: Knight Riders Sports activities Personal Restricted
Full Squad: Ajinkya Rahane, Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Manish Pandey, Rovman Powell, Rahul Tripathi, Finn Allen, Tejasvi Singh, Tim Seifert, Sunil Narine, Anukul Roy, Ramandeep Singh, Cameron Inexperienced, Sarthak Ranjan, Daksh Kamra, Rachin Ravindra, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Umran Malik, Matheesha Pathirana, Kartik Tyagi, Akash Deep, Varun Chakaravarthy, Prashant Solanki.
Full schedule for Kolkata Knight Riders
March 29: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians, Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai- 7.30 pm
April 2: Kolkata Knight Riders vs. Sunrisers Hyderabad, Eden Gardens, Kolkata- 7.30 pm
April 6: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings, Eden Gardens, Kolkata- 7.30 pm
April 9: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Giants, Eden Gardens, Kolkata- 7.30 pm
Printed – March 25, 2026 04:01 pm IST






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