IPL 2022: Kolkata’s team is ready for the opening match under the leadership of Shreyas Iyer, the team will come with the hopes of the third trophy

New Delhi, Online Desk. The IPL 2022 season has brought new hopes for Kolkata Knight Riders. The command of the team is in the hands of the new captain Shreyas Iyer who has played excellent cricket in the recent times. Iyer has batted brilliantly in T20 and Test against Sri Lanka. The team will expect him to continue the same form here as well. Kolkata is one of the most successful teams in IPL history, after Mumbai and Chennai, having won the trophy twice in 2012 and 2014. The team won this trophy under the leadership of Gautam Gambhir, who is the mentor of the new team Lucknow Supergiants this time.

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There are names like Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, Sam Billings, Sunil Narine and Mohammad Nabi who also give the team additional bowling options

This time if we look at the team of Kolkata, then there are batsmen like Ajinkya Rahane, Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh in the team. The team looks strong in the middle order. There are names like Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, Sam Billings, Sunil Narine and Mohammad Nabi who also give the team extra bowling options.

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In bowling, the team has big names in the form of Pat Cummins, Tim Southee and Umesh Yadav. Apart from this, the team also has high hopes from mystery spinner Varun Chakraborty. The team also has young faces like Shivam Mavi and Ashok Sharma. The team will play its first match against defending champion Chennai Super Kings on 26 March. However, in this match, the team will miss its most experienced bowler Pat Cummins. Cummins is currently on a tour of Pakistan and is playing the third Test which will end on March 25. After that they will come directly to India. Talking about the performance of the team, last year the team was a step behind from winning the third trophy.

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Kolkata’s Probable Playing XI-

Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer (Captain), Ajinkya Rahane, Nitish Rana, Sam Billings, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Pat Cummins, Umesh Yadav, Shivam Mavi and Varun Chakraborty.