City	Kolkata, West Bengal
Founded	The year 2008
Home Ground	Eden Garden Stadium, Kolkata

The Kolkata Knight Riders is a Kolkata, West Bengal-based franchise cricket team and represent the city of Kolkata.KKR is the nickname of this cricket team. The team plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL), This was formed in 2008 at the time when IPL was founded and it is owned by Bollywood actress Juhi Chawla and her spouse Jay Mehta and actor Shah Rukh Khan. The Kolkata Knight Riders play their home matches at the home-ground iconic Eden Gardens, Kolkata stadium, and the Mumbai Indians have won the IPL Trophy 5 times since 2008. This team is captained by Eoin Morgan and coached by Brendon McCullum.