Being a marquee player for his home franchise, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), the 48-year-old led KKR from 2008-2010 and amassed 1,349 runs at 25.45 at a strike-rate of 106.80.
IPL 2010. He led England to its maiden World Cup win in 2019. Let's take a look at KKR skippers in the past: Sourav Ganguly was named the captain for Kolkata Knight Riders in the inaugural season of Indian Premier League.
They even qualified for the playoffs six times. The 42-year-old observed that even after Sourav Ganguly was reinstated as the captain in 2010, KKR could manage just a 6th place finish, forcing them to make wholesale changes before IPL 2011. He would later in the season pass on the baton to Rohit Sharma and this change in leadership brought the Nita Ambani-owned franchise their first Indian Premier League title. Virat Kohli became the permanent captain of RCB, taking over from Daniel Vettori. Months after his England contract was terminated, Kevin Pietersen was appointed as the Delhi Daredevils captain, replacing Mahela Jayawardene, who had gone unsold in the auction. Hyderabad got a new franchise, Sunrisers Hyderabad, ahead of this season, and Kumar Sangakkara, who had captained Deccan Chargers, was named the captain. rights reserved. Team : Captain: Chennai Super Kings (CSK) MS Dhoni (winning captain) Deccan Chargers (DC) …
Sachin Tendulkar stepped down as captain of Mumbai Indians, with the mantle being passed on to Harbhajan Singh, who had been the vice-captain.
However, deep into the season, Dhawan was relieved of captaincy, which was burdening him, and Darren Sammy was given the mantle. Kumar Sangakkara replaced Yuvraj Singh as Kings XI Punjab captain and Gautam Gambhir became Delhi Daredevils captain after Sehwag relinquished captaincy to concentrate on his batting.
Chennai Super Kings have been the only franchise who have never changed their captain, while Delhi Daredevils have had the most number of captains (8). But ahead of the inaugural season, the Fab Four of Indian cricket—Sourav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, and VVS Laxman, who were not your typical T20 players or T20 specialists as they say—were appointed as captains of Kolkata Knight Riders, Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore, and Deccan Chargers, respectively, and were the icons of their respective IPL teams. Dinesh Karthik was named as Gambhir's successor and led the team for over two years.
And then, with this South African-born cricketer departing for international duty, legendary Indian leg-spinner Anil Kumble took over as captain midway through the season and led Royal Challengers to the Final.
KKR finished sixth in 2008. This diminutive Delhi left-hander was purchased by the Shahrukh Khan-owned franchise for a whopping 11.04 crores in the auction. Pune Warriors India were another franchise who had to name a new captain because Yuvraj Singh suffered an injury ahead of this season. During his tenure, KKR won two IPL trophies (2012, 2014). Elsewhere, Pune Warriors India (PWI), in their third season in the IPL, appointed Angelo Mathews as captain, following Sourav Ganguly’s retirement from the IPL. McCullum is now the head coach for KKR in the 13th edition of Indian Premier League. The Indian Premier League was a new concept and has been the most prominent Twenty20 cricket league in the world since its inception in 2008. The Knight Riders have historically been a successful franchise in the IPL. KKR had another miserable season finishing last this time. Dinesh Karthik on Friday stepped down as the captain of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) while handing over the captaincy duties to ICC World Cup 2019 World Cup-winning captain Eoin Morgan. Rahul Dravid succeeded Shane Warne as Rajasthan Royals captain, after having moved from Royal Challengers Bangalore ahead of the previous season.
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Elsewhere, Zaheer Khan took over the mantle of Delhi Daredevils captaincy from Jean-Paul Duminy and Murali Vijay did so for Kings XI Punjab, whose former captain George Bailey went unsold in the auction. Brendon McCullum assumed the role of the captain. He became the captain in 2010 season again where the team finished sixth again.
Sangakkara went from leading Kings XI Punjab to lead Deccan Chargers and Adam Gilchrist, who had won Deccan Chargers the title in this league’s second season, moved to the PCA IS Bindra Stadium to lead Kings XI. Kolkata Knight Riders’s Dinesh Karthik handed over the captaincy to Eoin Morgan midway through the season having led the team to four wins in seven matches. Kochi Tuskers Kerala and Pune Warriors India were the two new teams to join the league and Mahela Jayawardene was appointed as Kochi Tuskers’ captain and Yuvraj Singh became the Pune Warriors captain. Having sold Gambhir to KKR, Delhi Daredevils had to name a new captain and Virender Sehwag, who had played for them as a non-captain the previous season, became their captain for the second time.
Get all official details like match updates, recent news, videos, photos and more. Brendon McCullum was named KKR captain for just one season. Follow the latest for Kolkata Knight Riders.
Shane Watson led Royal Challengers Bangalore in the initial few matches which Virat Kohli was forced to miss due to a right shoulder injury. This season saw a lot of changes in captaincy across the entire league. Official Videos, News, Fixtures, Results and History of Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League. They were one of the eight teams that competed in the 2010 Indian Premier League. Sunrisers Hyderabad, in what was their third season in the IPL, appointed David Warner as captain.
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He became the captain in 2010 season again where the team finished sixth again.
Two new teams were formed ahead of the ninth season, replacing the suspended Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals, but one of the newly-formed franchises (Rising Pune Supergiants) appointed Dhoni as the captain, while the other new franchise (Gujarat Lions) appointed Suresh Raina. IPL 2020: Dinesh Karthik quits as KKR skipper, let's take a look at their captains in the past. Sourav Ganguly, who had been the team mentor, became their captain.
Sourav Ganguly had gone unsold in the auction that preceded this season and Kolkata Knight Riders, who had been led by the Bengal Tiger in the first three seasons, appointed Gautam Gambhir as their captain. KKR finished sixth in 2008. The official Website of the IPL team Kolkata Knight Riders. Kolkata Knight Riders finished 6th in the IPL and did not qualify for the Champions League T20.
Kevin Pietersen replaced Rahul Dravid as RCB captain for the 2009 season, after the south Indian franchise’s seventh-place finish in the inaugural season. VVS Laxman was replaced as Deccan Chargers captain by Adam Gilchrist, who would go on to win them the IPL, and Brendon McCullum was appointed as KKR captain, having been preferred for this role by the then coach John Buchanan. Two world class wicketkeepers, Adam Gilchrist and Kumar Sangakkara, swapped franchises and were the captains of their new IPL teams.
Mumbai Indians bought Ricky Ponting for US$400,000 in the auction and made him the captain. Sourav Ganguly became Kolkata Knight Riders captain for the second time, having been stripped of captaincy only in the previous season. Anil Kumble quit playing and became Royal Challengers’ mentor, with the captaincy being handed over to Daniel Vettori. Sourav Ganguly was reinstated as the captain of the Knight Riders. Gautam Gambhir was the most successful and the longest-serving captain for the Knight Riders.
The six other franchises—Chennai Super Kings (CSK), Kings XI Punjab (KXIP), Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), Mumbai Indians (MI), Rajasthan Royals (RR), and Royal Challengers—had stuck with their captains from the previous season. Virender Sehwag and Yuvraj Singh were named captains of Delhi Daredevils and Kings XI Punjab, MS Dhoni (the most expensive buy of the IPL 2008 auction) led Chennai Super Kings and Shane Warne was the only overseas player to captain an IPL side. Recently, former KKR coach John Buchanan opened up on Ganguly as a T20 player and captain. It was in 2009 when KKR finished last in the points tally. Delhi Daredevils continued to change their captains and this time, as part of an overhaul, Jean-Paul Duminy was named as captain, replacing the offloaded Kevin Pietersen. Mahela Jayawardene took over as Delhi Daredevils captain ahead of IPL 2013, after Virender Sehwag stepped down from the role at the end of the previous season. © 1998-2019 Zee Media Corporation Ltd (An Essel Group Company), All
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Three Australian captains (Shane Warne, Adam Gilchrist and David Warner) have won the IPL once each (2008, 2009 and 2016) and the other eight seasons have been won by teams with Indian players as captains (MS Dhoni (3), Gautam Gambhir (2) and Rohit Sharma (4)). He decided to quit as captain in the middle of 2020 season and handed the reins tp Eoin Morgan.
He was the skipper for the Knight Riders from 2011 to 2017. Sourav Ganguly was named the captain for Kolkata Knight Riders in the inaugural season of Indian Premier League. Eoin Morgan is yet to show his calibre as a leader for KKR, however, the Englishman has proved himself in international cricket.
They were captained by Sourav Ganguly.
For the 10th season, six teams retained their captains from the previous year, with Rising Pune Supergiant and Kings XI Punjab being the exceptions in appointing Steve Smith as captain for the sacked MS Dhoni and Glenn Maxwell for the unavailable Murali Vijay. Another change in captaincy was Rajasthan Royals appointing Shane Watson as their captain, after Rahul Dravid, who, after captaining the winners of the inaugural edition for two seasons, became their mentor. Kings XI Punjab replaced former captain Adam Gilchrist, who retired from IPL at the end of the sixth season, with his compatriot George Bailey. The Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) is a franchise cricket team based in Kolkata, India, which plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Having sold Gambhir to KKR, Delhi Daredevils had to name a new captain and Virender Sehwag, who had played for them as a non-captain the previous season, became their captain for the second time. Kumar Sangakkara (the Sunrisers Hyderabad captain for the previous season) had opted out of the IPL 2014 auction and the Hyderabad franchise named Shikhar Dhawan as the Sri Lankan’s successor.