IPL 2019: Two-time champions KKR look to start campaign on positive note against upbeat SRH
Cricket | March 24, 2019 13:14 ISTKolkata Knight Riders last won the IPL in 2014 under the captaincy of Gautam Gambhir.
Kolkata Knight Riders last won the IPL in 2014 under the captaincy of Gautam Gambhir.
David Warner sat out of Sunrisers Hyderabad's training session on Saturday ahead of their IPL 2019 opener against Kolkata Knight Riders at the Eden Gardens on Sunday.
Shubman Gill impressed in his debut season for Kolkata Knight Riders, scoring 203 runs from 13 games at an average of 33.83.
Kolkata Knight Riders will take on Sunrisers Hyderabad in their opener in Kolkata on Sunday followed by Kings XI Punjab on March 27 in the first two matches.
Sandeep Warrier was drafted in the squad after Kamlesh Nagarkoti was ruled out for this season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) due to a foot injury.
KKR are two-time champions, having won the coveted trophy in 2012 and 2014. However, for the past three campaigns they have crashed out at the playoff stage and failed to reach the summit clash.
Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Dinesh Karthik said on Thursday that he will miss Eden Gardens terribly if some of the IPL 2019 games are shifted from Kolkata due to the general elections.
BCCI acting secretary Amitabh Choudhary and chief selector M.S.K. Prasad have recently hinted that they will keep a close eye on the workload of India players during the IPL.
South Africa's speed merchant Anrich Nortje was picked up by Kolkata Knight Riders at his base price of Rs 20 lakh in the IPL 2019 player auction.
The duo of Lynn and Rana were going great with 87/1 before Rashid Khan triggered the collapse in the ninth over with a fine throw from deep midwicket to dismiss Rana for 22.
KKR beat RR in the eliminator match of play-offs by 25 runs.RR captain Ajinkya Rahane said that 170 was a chaseable target but their batsmen weren't able to hang on for long.
Shah Rukh Khan's reaction to Dinesh Karthik and Piyush Chawla's video is what we wanted to hear.
Troubled by a dodgy shoulder, the 28-year-old was deemed unfit and was dropped for Australia's upcoming limited-overs tours of the United Kingdom and Zimbabwe.
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Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) skipper Virat Kohli said they didn't deserve to win against Kolkata Knight Riders and blamed the sloppy fielding for their six-wicket loss which has jeopardised their IPL 2018 campaign.
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Iyer made a fine start to his captaincy tenure as he struck a scorching 93-run knock to help Delhi seal only their second win of the IPL with a 55-run victory over KKR.
Mavi was smashed for 29 runs in the DD innings' final over as the home team thrashed KKR by 55 runs to break its run of reverses.
Inspired by half-centuries from new skipper Iyer and Shaw, DD finally ended their three-match losing streak with a 55-run thumping win over KKR.
Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Dinesh Karthik said that he wanted the team to have fun this season and take each match one at a time before directly jumping to think about the 2018 Indian Premier League play-offs.
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