New Delhi:
The defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders are led by charismatic Gautam Gambhir, who very well knows how to win matches in crunch situations. The team has also got Trevor Bayliss as their coach and the great Brett Lee as their bowling mentor.
With mystery spinner Sunil Narine in their ranks they dictate terms on pitch in the league. Other than Chennai, Kolkata is the only side to win the title more than once.
Skipper Gambhir, Uthappa and Manish Pandey will lead the charge with bat, while Shakib Al Hasan, Yusuf Pathan, Andre Russell and Ryan ten Doeschate will take care the latter part of the innings.
Morne Morkel, Umesh Yadav, Pat Cummins to boost the pace attack and with Shakib Al Hasan, Sunil Narine in middle overs they are a dangerous bowling side in the league.
During the auction, KKR bought unknown legspinner Cariappa, who can provide them the X-factor to lift the trophy.
The team looks settled and will enter the league to repeat their success of 2014.
Squad: Gautam Gambhir(c), Andre Russell, Chris Lynn, Kuldeep Yadav, Manish Pandey, Suryakumar Yadav, Morne Morkel, Patrick Cummins, Piyush Chawla, Robin Uthappa(wk), Ryan ten Doeschate, Shakib Al Hasan, Sunil Narine, Umesh Yadav, Veer Pratap Singh, Yusuf Pathan, James Neesham, Brad Hogg, Aditya Garhwal, Sumit Narwal, KC Cariappa, Vaibhav Rawal, Sheldon Jackson
