Built on the charisma of Bollywood’s ‘King Khan’ Shah Rukh Khan and Indian cricket’s most feisty leader Sourav Ganguly, KKR, however never lived up to the early hype, at least for the first three seasons. In came new players, a new support staff, a new approach, and above all a new captain in Gautam Gambhir. Also Read | Sachin Tendulkar’s lookalike battles downsizing bluesNine years after he was handed over the reins of KKR, Gautam Gambhir revealed what team co-owner Shah Rukh Khan had told him before IPL’s fourth season in 2011. So that’s what we did with KKR,” said former KKR team director Joy Bhattacharya in a show called ‘22 Yarns With Gaurav Kapur’ while explaining Gambhir’s captaincy style. Gambhir, who led KKR for seven seasons, is also the franchise’s highest run-scorer with 3345 runs in 122 matches.

Source: Hindustan Times June 24, 2020 04:30 UTC