Mumbai: Defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders' skipper Gautam Gambhir and India opener Shikhar Dhawan could miss the first few matches in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
The opening batsman was in contention to replace the injured Shikhar Dhawan for the fourth and the final Test in Delhi but was ruled out after he was diagnosed with jaundice on Tuesday.
Australian speedster Brett Lee, who spearheads the Kolkata Knight Riders' pace attack, today replaced Pakistan great Wasim Akram as the team's bowling mentor.
Lee, who has retired from international cricket, will shoulder the twin responsibilities in the upcoming Indian Premier League scheduled to be held in April-May.
Venky Mysore, the CEO of the IPL team Kolkata Knight Riders will now take over as the CEO of the production house Red Chillies Entertainments Pvt Ltd.
While Kolkata Knight Riders is owned by industrialist Jay Mehta, his wife Juhi Chawla along with superstar Shah Rukh Khan, Red Chillies is owned by Shah Rukh Khan and his wife, Gauri Khan.
Defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders will start their 2013 campaign against Delhi Daredevils in the inaugural match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata, April 3.
The sixth edition of the IPL will also witness the debut of Sunrisers Hyderabad, previously known as Deccan Chargers. Sunrisers will take on Pune Warriors at home in their first match, April 5.
The tournament will be played in the same format as the 2012 edition.
New Delhi: Bollywood superstar and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) co-owner Shah Rukh Khan has no regrets that cricketer Sourav Ganguly was dethroned as captain. In fact, he admits, they took a big chance to have a Kolkata team without 'dada'.
Shah Rukh, who was at the Hindustan Leadership Summit 2012 here Friday, was questioned: Are you at all ashamed the way you treated Sourav Ganguly?
He replied: No.
Moderator Vir Sanghvi then cross questioned: You think you treated him right? He was humiliated by your team, that was okay?
Cape Town: Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Gautam Gambhir yesterday admitted that it was indeed very disappointing not to have qualified for the semifinals of the Champions League Twenty20.
It is very disappointing not to have qualified for the semifinals but this is not the end of the world. We will definitely come back stronger in the next edition of the Indian Premier League, Gambhir said at the post-match presentation
ceremony.
The skipper was however happy that his team produced a solid performance to defeat the Nashua Titans.
