Bollywood Star Shahrukh Khan-owned Kolkata Knight Riders’s has announced Dinesh Karthik as their new captain. He will replace Gautam Gambhir who moved to Delhi Daredevils this season. Karthik, who only joined KKR this season, has now become the fourth cricketer to lead the franchise after Gambhir, Sourav Ganguly and Brendon McCullum.
Karthik is a highly experienced batsman in the IPL, having played 152 matches so far, scoring 2903 runs with the highest score of 86. The 32-year-old has scored runs at an average of 24.81 with a strike-rate of 125.94.
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Experienced wicket-keeper batsman, @DineshKarthik will lead the men in Purple and Gold for VIVO @IPL 2018. ?#KorboLorboJeetbo #KKRKaCaptainKaun pic.twitter.com/558Nkgpj9F— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) March 4, 2018
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Many other names were also cropped up during the initial process for the captainship of KKR. They were Sunil Naraine, Chris Lynn, Robin Uthappa.
Former Captain Gautam Gambhir brought laurels to the KKR team which faced huge debacles in the first three seasons. He led KKR for seven seasons from 2011-2017 and winning IP twice in 2012 and 2014.
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