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IPL 2023: Kolkata Knight Riders Begin Pre-Season Camp In Mumbai

Kolkata Knight Riders

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The Kolkata Knight Riders are gearing up for the upcoming 2023 Indian Premier League season. Their pre-season camp got underway with the domestic players on Tuesday, February 22 in Mumbai. The much-awaited tournament will kick off on March 31, with Kolkata Knight Riders opening their campaign on April 1 against Punjab Kings.

The two-time IPL champions began training sessions on Tuesday, under their new coach Chandrakant Pandit. The Indian players, the likes of Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana, Varun Chakravarthy, N Jagadeeshan, and others joined the pre-season camp in Mumbai. On Tuesday, the franchise shared snaps from its first training session on Instagram. They wrote, “Here we go! 🤩 The #KKRAcademy Pre-Season Camp has begun! 🔥 #AmiKKR #IPL2023”

The Kolkata Knight Riders players assembled in Mumbai last week for the camp. The franchise also hosted a team activity at Girgaon Chowpatty for the players. Sharing pictures from the session on Twitter, the Knight Riders wrote, “Beach 𝘣𝘪𝘤𝘩 me #AmiKKR #IPL2023”

Kolkata Knight Riders IPL 2023 squad and Schedule

The Kolkata Knight Riders will be led by Team India batter Shreyas Iyer in the 2023 Indian Premier League season. Last season, they finished seventh on the points table with six wins from fourteen games. The Kolkata-based franchise will be keen to earn its third IPL title this season. Let’s take a look at their squad and schedule for the season.

Squad: Shreyas Iyer (c), Nitish Rana, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Lockie Ferguson, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy, Anukul Roy, Rinku Singh, N. Jagadeesan, Vaibhav Arora, Suyash Sharma, David Wiese, Kulwant Khejroliya, Litton Das, Mandeep Singh, Shakib Al Hasan

Schedule:

Date Time Opponent Venue
April 1 3:30 PM PBKS Mohali
April 6 7:30 PM RCB Kolkata
April 9 3:30 PM GT Ahmedabad
April 14 7:30 PM SRH Kolkata
April 16 3:30 PM MI Mumbai
April 20 7:30 PM DC Delhi
April 23 7:30 PM CSK Kolkata
April 26 7:30 PM RCB Bengaluru
April 29 3:30 PM GT Kolkata
May 4 7:30 PM SRH Hyderabad
May 8 7:30 PM PBKS Kolkata
May 11 7:30 PM RR Kolkata
May 14 7:30 PM CSK Chennai
May 20 7:30 PM LSG Kolkata

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