IPL 2019 – Kolkata Knight Riders Team Preview

March 20, 2019 Dwayne Fernandes Cricket Scoops, Sports Scoops 0

  • Captain: Dinesh Karthik.
  • Coach: Jacques Kallis.
  • Home Ground: Eden Gardens, Kolkata.
  • IPL 2018 Result: 3rd on points table.
  • Best Result: Champions in 2012, 2014.

KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS

Personally, this has been one of my favourite teams in the Indian Premier League over the years. They have talent, swag, dominance at home, fiery pacers, a wide range of spinners, and basically, everything you look for in an ideal T20 team. However, it has been a few years now since the Kolkata Knight Riders won the IPL, last bringing home the silverware in 2014. However, the team means business, releasing every player who doled out below-par performances in IPL 2018.

Kolkata Knight Riders IPL 2019 team preview

Talking about their strengths, let’s just say they have the most destructive Caribbean duo in their side in Andre Russell and Sunil Narine. With Narine coming up the order in the last couple of years, the starts he has been giving the team have been of vital importance. If it’s not his day, he gets out for a duck in a few balls, but if it is his day, expect a 20-ball fifty from him. These two in addition to Chris Lynn at the top means you can expect KKR to be the highest six hitting team in IPL 2019.

Their spin attack is again one of the best in the competition, with everything from leg-spinners to mystery spinners to chinaman bowlers. However, the fast bowling brigade hit a few roadblocks just before the season began. Having released the likes of Mitch Starc, Vinay Kumar, Tom Curran and Mitch Johnson, they will rely a lot on less-experienced Indian fast bowlers, and there too, they have issues. Shivam Mavi and Kamlesh Nagarkoti have been ruled out of the season with injuries.

They brought in Sandeep Warrier and KC Cariappa as replacements, but they are unlikely to be a regular part of the team. However, young Prasidh Krishna will have added responsibilities and you can expect him to be a regular part of the playing eleven. KKR under Dinesh Karthik is an exciting prospect as he has always been a very intellectual cricketer, who knows how to read every situation.

Kolkata Knight Riders Squad for IPL 2019:

Dinesh Karthik (C), Robin Uthappa, Chris Lynn, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shubman Gill, Piyush Chawla, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, Shivam Mavi, Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Carlos Brathwaite, Lockie Ferguson, Anrich Nortje, Nikhil Naik, Harry Gurney, Yarra Prithviraj, Joe Denly, Shrikant Mundhe, Sandeep Warrier, KC Cariappa.

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