The Kolkata Knight Riders will face the Rajasthan Royals in the 53rd game of the IPL, to be played at the Eden Gardens. Both sides are in a must-win scenario, but this game assumes much more importance for the Rajasthan Royals, for whom, this is the 14th and the final game of the competition.

The Kolkata Knight Riders travel to searing heat of Chennai to play the Chennai Super Kings in the 48th game of the third edition of the IPL. Both sides are at the bottom half of the pile with exactly the same number of points; 10 from 11 games, and that means that any of the sides lose the game

The M Chinnaswammy stadium in Bangalore will host the 43rd game of the IPL between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kolkata Knight Riders and in more ways than one, this is a must-win game for both the sides. With the clutter in the middle of the points table it could mean that only one of thes

The Kolkata Knight Riders would be chasing their first few steps to the semi-final berth when they play the Delhi Daredevils at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. The Delhi Daredevils are currently on 12 points and looking good to qualify for the semi-finals, but the Knight Riders have only four wi

The Mumbai Indians will play the Kolkata Knight Riders in the Brabourne Stadium. Going into the game, so far, Mumbai has won two out of two games and are clearly looking like the team in form whereas Kolkata won their first two games but lost their third match. The good thing about the Mumba

The fourth match of the Indian Premier League this year will see Kolkata Knight Riders play their game against the Bangalore Royal Challengers. While Kolkata would have already played their first game against the Deccan Chargers, this will be the first game for the Royal Challengers. The Kolka

The first game of the third edition of the Indian Premier League will be played between the Deccan Chargers and the Kolkata Knight Riders. The match will be played at the Dr. D Y Patil ground, after security concerns back in Hyderabad pushed the game out of Chargers' home town. The g

Dave Whatmore has been officially named the coach of the Kolkata Knight Riders side. However, the bigger news was that Sourav Ganguly has been appointed as the captain of the Kolkata Knight Riders side, ending months of speculation. Ganguly had been the captain of the side in the first season

Finally, the Indian Premier League team Kolkata Knight Riders, have a coach who seems to change the fate of the team in the next IPL season. Director of the National Cricket Academy (Bangalore), Dav Whatmore has finally been zeroed in for the position of the head-coach in the next IPL season a

The BCCI chief, Shashank Manohar has warned the IPL franchises which sent a letter expressing dissatisfaction on the sacking of IMG from being the sports management company handling the IPL. Manohar has said that the franchise had no right to meddle with the internal affairs of the IPL and tha

Current India vice-captain, Virender Sehwag has asked the selectors to not consider him for the captaincy of the Indian side. He has also requested them to discontinue with him as the deputy skipper to M.S.Dhoni, and get in a vice-captain who could probably be groomed into the role of a captai

Australia's cricket captain, Ricky Ponting, has said that he will no longer play in the T20I format of the game and conveyed his decision to the Australian management that consists of chief selector, Andrew Hilditch, coach Tim Nielsen and the vie-captain, Michael Clarke. He has also said that

The Kolkata Knight Riders have short-listed former England all-rounder Dermot Reeve as one of the possible candidates for the role of the team's coach from the next season. He joins the list of John Wright, Richard Pybus and some outside candidacies like Michael Bevan as possible choices for t

It has been rumoured that Sourav Ganguly will be back as the captain of the Kolkata Knight Riders for the third season of the Indian Premier League after Brendon McCullum - and a host of other New Zealand cricketers - signed contracts with New Zealand cricket to play against Australia during t

John Buchanan has created a big controversy by naming some of the great Indian cricketers in his book, "The Future of Cricket: The Rise of Twenty20" as misfits for Twenty20 cricket. He said that Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman are not suited to play this s

The technical committee of the BCCI - that also comprises of Sourav Ganguly - has advised the BCCI to not have foreign players for the domestic season and to restrict the number of players from regions other than the team itself, to be at maximum of three. The technical committee has also sa

After a month long break, international cricket gets underway when India host Australia in the first of the four match test series this coming Thursday in Bangalore. Both these sides are right atop the test cricket ratings and with all the rivalry and past history coming into the fra

After an exciting and enthralling three match test series, India and Sri Lanka get ready to lock horns in the upcoming five match India Sri Lanka one day series. India have played Sri Lanka quite a bit over the past six months and this show-off will go a long way in determining the rising fo

The third test match of the ongoing Sri Lanka-India test series will take place on the 8th of August 2008 and if the results of previous test matches are anything to go by, all is set for an enthralling finish to one of the most exciting test matches in recent history. India fought back brilli

The Indian cricket team has landed in Sri Lanka for a series of matches that promise to be a cricketing extravaganza for all lovers of the game. After the recent loss that the Indian One Day International team suffered at the hands of the Sri Lankan team, there is much excitement abo

The hollowed grounds of Eden gardens will bid farewell to the Knightriders when they come up against rampaging Kings XI Punjab this coming Sunday. Both these sides have nothing much to play for and will be hoping that the decreased pressure can enable them to express themselves more free

It will be a mighty battle of two teams with similar forms and position when Kolkata Knightriders come up against the Chennai Superkings in the Indian Premier League cricket tournament this coming Sunday 18th of May 2008 at the Eden Gardens. Both these sides are on twelve points each and

Two sides with similar points but with entirely different momentums go head on when Kolkata Knightriders come up against the Delhi Daredevils at home in the Indian Premier League. The Knightriders have picked themselves after a dismal run and will be hoping to add on to Delhi's misery wi

It will be the battle of guts and survival as two teams with huge star names and limited performances go up against each other in Hyderabad on a hot Sunday evening in the Indian Premier League. Both Deccan Chargers and Kolkata Knightriders have struggled so far in the inaugural edition

Sourav Ganguly and Australian leg spinner turned a placid evening in Jaipur into a battle of words as they went headlong over a controversial catch turned down by the third umpire. In a high pitched encounter between the Kolkotta Night riders and Rajasthan Royals in Jaipur, trouble e

Mumbai Indians' veterans Sanath Jayasuriya and Shaun Pollock stole the limelight, wrecking the top and middle order of the Kolkata Knight Riders, to restrict the hosts to a modest 137 for 8 in their Indian Premier League tie here today. The crafty Jayasuriya displayed variation in bowling a

The fourth test between India and Australia ended in a draw crushing India's hopes of a remarkable comeback in the four test match series on the fifth day of the fourth test at Adelaide. However, the Indian cricket team can be proud of their efforts as they gave the mighty Australians a

After playing out one of the most exciting test series in recent memory, India and Australia get ready to lock horns in the 20-20 clash to be held on February 1 in Melbourne. After an enthralling test series which kept Indian cricket fans on their toes with action almost every other minu

The BCCI took a great step ahead in the launching of its mega million dollar new 20-20 domestic cricket structure aptly named the Indian Premier League with the naming of the eight city franchises and their owners, a mix of the biggest names in business and Bollywood. The auction con

The India one day international cricket team for the upcoming VB triseries in Australia has been declared and in many surprising moves for the series, ex- India captain Sourav Ganguly has been dropped from reckoning for the upcoming challenge against the world champions. Sourav Ganguly