‘Kolkata is like my second home’: Gautam Gambhir joins KKR ahead of IPL 2024

Ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) mentor Gautam Gambhir received a warm welcome from fans at the NSCBI Airport in Kolkata, claiming that Kolkata is his second home. The former India opener said KKR is an emotion for him and thanked the fans for giving such a warm welcome. “Thank you for standing here and giving me a warm welcome. Kolkata is like my second home and KKR is an emotion,” Gambhir told the media on Thursday. The 17th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) will kick off on March 22 with defending champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) taking on Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) at their home stadium, Machidambaram Stadium South Indian Derby. .

KKR will play their first match of IPL 2024 against Pat Cummins-led SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) on Saturday, March 23 at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. The game will begin at 7:30 p.m.

Earlier on Sunday, KKR appointed Phil Salt to replace Jason for the upcoming IPL 2024 season.

With overseas star players like Rahmanullah Gubaz, Phil Salt, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine and Mitchell Starc, and a strong Indian core of Nitish Rana, captain Shreyas Iyer, Rinku Singh, Venkatesh Iyer and Varun Charkavarthy, KKR are targeting a good 2024 IPL.

Last season, they finished seventh with six wins and eight losses. 12 points wasn’t enough to get them into the playoffs.

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) IPL 2024 Lineup:Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Rahmanullah Gubaz, Shreyas Iyer, Phil Salt, Sunil Narine, Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy, KS Bharat, Chetan Sakariya, Mitchell Starc, Angkrish Raghuvanshi ., Ramandeep Singh, Sherfane Rutherford, Manish Pandey, Mujeeb Ur Rehman, Dushmantha Chameera, Sakib Hussain.