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Kolkata Knight Riders Captain – G Gambhir      Coach – D Whatmore Ground ·          Eden Gardens, Kolkata Squad Gautam Gambhir (Captain), Lakshmipathy Balaji, Brad Haddin (wk), Jacques Kallis, Brett Lee, Eoin Morgan, Yusuf Pathan, James Pattinson , Shakib Al Hasan, Ryan ten Doeschate, Manoj Tiwary, Jaidev Unadkat, Pradeep Sangwan, SS Ladda, Iqbal Abdulla, Shami Ahmed, Rajat Bhatia, MS Bisla Best Performance in IPL – Never made it to the knockouts Strengths ·          Gambhir high in confidence after his 97 in the WC final ·          Presence of mr. dependable Jaques Kallis ·          World class allrounders in Shakib Al Hasan, Ryan Ten Doeschate & Morgan ·          Explosive Pathan and Impulsive Lee ·          Very good domestic players Weakness ·          Curse of Ganguly ·          Jinxed Past ·          Nothing else Prediction ·          Too strong, might make it to the finals MY RATING – 8.5/10 ·          Batting : 9/10 ·          Bowling: 8.3/10 ·          Fielding

Which IPL team is the strongest after the auction? Deccan Mumbai Chennai Punjab Rajasthan Delhi Bangalore Pune Kochi Kolkata    pollcode.com free polls sOURCE - http://cricketxtra.com/ipl-squads-after-auction-ipl-2011/ Chennai Super Kings: MS Dhoni (retained), Suresh Raina (retained), M Vijay (retained), Albie Morkel (retained), Michael Hussey, Wriddhiman Saha, Dwayne Bravo, Doug Bollinger, R Ashwin, S Badrinath, Scott Styris, Ben Hilfenhaus, Joginder Sharma, Nuwan Kulasekara, Sudeep Tyagi, Suraj Randiv, George Bailey, Faf du Plessis Deccan Chargers: Kevin Pietersen, Cameron White, Kumar Sangakkara, JP Duminy, Shikhar Dhawan, Ishant Sharma. Dale Steyn, Pragyan Ojha, Amit Mishra, Daniel Christian, Manpreet Gony, Chris Lynn, Rusty Theron, Michael Lumb Delhi Daredevils: Virender Sehwag (retained), Irfan Pathan, David Warner, Naman Ojha, James Hopes, Morne Morkel, Aaron Finch, Matthew Wade, Ajit Agarkar, Ashok Dinda, Umesh Yadav, Roelof van der Merwe, Venugopal Rao, Andrew McDon

FOR IPL 2011 TEAMS ANALYSIS CLICK HERE   FOR IPL 2011 NEWS CLICK HERE Pick the worst team after today's Auction Rajasthan Kochi Kolkata Delhi Chennai Bangalore Deccan Pune Punjab Mumbai    pollcode.com free polls Chennai Super Kings: MS Dhoni (retained), Suresh Raina (retained), M Vijay (retained), Albie Morkel (retained), Michael Hussey, Wriddhiman Saha, Dwayne Bravo, Doug Bollinger, R Ashwin, S Badrinath Deccan Chargers: Kevin Pietersen, Cameron White, Kumar Sangakkara, JP Duminy, Shikhar Dhawan, Ishant Sharma. Dale Steyn, Pragyan Ojha, Amit Mishra Delhi Daredevils: Virender Sehwag (retained), Irfan Pathan, David Warner, Naman Ojha, James Hopes, Morne Morkel, Aaron Finch Kings XI Punjab: Adam Gilchrist, Shaun Marsh, David Hussey, Dinesh Karthik, Stuart Broad, Abhishek Nayar, Praveen Kumar, Ryan Harris, Piyush Chawla Kochi: Mahela Jayawardene, VVS Laxman, Brendon McCullum, Sreesanth, RP Singh, Parthiv Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Steven Smith, Muttiah Muralith