Kolkata Knight Riders

Players

Sourav Ganguly, the former captain of the Indian cricket team is the icon player and will lead the Kolkata franchise. Also in the team is allrounder Chris Gayle and wicket keeper batsman Brendon McCullum. The most successful captain in world cricket Ricky Ponting follows suit with a bowling attack including Shoaib Akhtar, Ishant Sharma, Umar Gul. Others include Ajit Agarkar, Murali Karthik and David Hussey.^[5]

Current Squad

No	Name	Age	National team	Playing role	Batting Style	Bowling/Fielding	Bidding Price
1	Sourav Ganguly (Captain)	35		Batsman	LHB	Right-arm medium	Icon Player
2	Ishant Sharma	19		Bowler	RHB	Right-arm fast	US$ 950,000
3	Chris Gayle	28		All-rounder	LHB	Right-arm off spin	US$ 950,000
4	Brendon McCullum	26		Batsman/WK	RHB	Wicket-keeper	US$ 700,000
5	David Hussey	30		Batsman	RHB	Right-arm off spin	US$ 675,000
6	Shoaib Akhtar	32		Bowler	RHB	Right-arm fast	US$ 450,000
7	Murali Kartik	31		Bowler	LHB	Left-arm orthodox spin	US$ 425,000
8	Ricky Ponting	33		Batsman	RHB	Right-arm medium	US$ 400,000
9	Ajit Agarkar	30		Bowler	RHB	Right-arm fast-medium	US$ 350,000
10	Umar Gul	24		Bowler	RHB	Right-arm fast-medium	US$ 150,000
11	Tatenda Taibu	24		Batsman/WK	RHB	Wicket-keeper	US$ 125,000
12	Salman Butt	23		Batsman	LHB	Right-arm off spin	US$ 100,000
13	Mohammad Hafeez	27		All-rounder	RHB	Right-arm off spin	US$ 100,000
14	Siddarth Kaul	17		Bowler	RHB	Right-arm medium	Under-19 player draft
15	Iqbal Abdulla	18		All-rounder	LHB	Left-arm orthodox spin	Under-19 player draft
16	Akash Chopra	30		Batsman	RHB	Right-Arm medium	Ranji Player
17	Cheteswar Pujara	22		Batsman	RHB	Right-Arm off spin	Ranji Player
18	Lakshmi Ratan Shukla	26		All-rounder	RHB	Right-Arm fast-medium	Catchment Area player
19	Ranadeb Bose	29		Bowler	RHB	Right-Arm fast-medium	Catchment Area player
20	Sourashish Lahiri	26		Bowler	RHB	Left-Arm off spin	Catchment Area player