Kolkata Knight Riders, winners of the 2012 edition of the tournament, will commence their quest to retain the title, on home turf. They will take on Delhi Daredevils in the IPL 2013 inaugural clash of the competition at the Eden Gardens, on 3 April 2013.
Owner: Shahrukh Khan, Jai Mehta, Juhi Chawla, Red Chillies Entertainment
Captain: Gautam Gambhir
Coach: Trevor Bayliss(Australia)
Fielding coach: Trevor Penney
Team director: Joy Bhattacharjya
Venue: Eden Gardens
IPL Best: 2012 Winner
Current Team Players for IPL 2013:
Total no of Players 23
No of Indian Players 12
No of Overseas Players 11
1. Brad Haddin
2. Brendon McCullum
3. Brett Lee
4. Debabrata Das
5. Eoin Morgan
6. Gautam Gambhir (c)
7. Iqbal Abdulla
8. Jacques Kallis
9. James Pattinson
10. Lakshmipathy Balaji
11. Laxmi Ratan Shukla
12. Manoj Tiwary
13. Manvinder Bisla(wk)
14. Mohammad Shami
15. Pradeep Sangwan
16. Rajat Bhatia
17. Ryan McLaren
18. Ryan ten Doeschate
19. Sachithra Senanayake
20. Sarabjit Singh Ladda
21. Shakib Al Hasan
22. Sunil Narine
23. Yusuf Pathan
