Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) are a franchise cricket team representing the city of Kolkata in the Indian Premier League. The franchise is owned by Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan, actress Juhi Chawla and her spouse Jay Mehta. The Knight Riders play at the iconic Eden Gardens stadium.
The franchise, which has gained immense popularity due to its association with celebrity owners, qualified for the IPL playoffs for the first time in 2011. They became the IPL champions in 2012, by defeating Chennai Super Kings in the final. They repeated the feat in 2014, defeating Kings XI Punjab.[2] The Knight Riders hold the record for the longest winning streak by any Indian team in T20s.
Players :
Pat Cummins (Rs 7.25 crore),
Shreyas Iyer (Rs 12.25 crore),
Nitish Rana (Rs 8 crore),
Shivam Mavi (Rs 7.25 crore),
Sheldon Jackson (Rs 60 lakh)
Ajinkya Rahane ( Rs 1 crore)
Rinku Singh ( Rs 20 Lakh)
Anukul Roy ( Rs 20 Lakh)
Rasikh Dar (Rs 20 Lakh)
B Indrajith (Rs 20 Lakh)
Abhijeet Tomar (Rs 40 Lakh)
Pratham Singh (Rs 20 Lakh)
Ashok Sharma (Rs 55 Lakh)
Sam Billings (Rs 2 Crore)
Alex Hales (Rs 1.5 Crore)
Ramesh Kumar (Rs 20 Lakh)
Mohammad Nabi (Rs 1 Crore)
Umesh Yadav (Rs 2 Crore)
Aman Khan (Rs 2 Lakh)