Kolkata Knight Riders And Its Performance in Indian Premier League(IPL), Why Kolkata Knight Riders Performance is Not Up to The Mark in IPL

Kolkata Knight Riders is the most popular and most discussed team in DLF IPL. KKR has always hit the headlines but mostly for wrong reasons. The team has chronically underperformed in all the three editions of IPL. It is the only team which has never reached the semifinal stage in first and second edition and in the third, the possibility is looking bleak. Still the popularity of Kolkata Knight Riders is unchanged and unmatched!

What are the main reasons of the popularity of KKR

* The team owner is none other than Shah Rukh Khan, who knows how to draw attention!

* The captain is Saurav Ganguli( except in IPL2) and whatever he does or dosen't is news!

* The Bengali sentiment; not only in Bengal but all over India and even abroad!

Still the team is under-performing. Its not that the KKR has not enough strength( Names like Saurav Ganguli, Chris Gayle, Brenden Macculam, Shane Bond and David Hussi are big enough)

Performance of KKR in IPL1 :

* Overall an ordinary performance. Reasons might be......
* Brenden Macculum in explosive form but was not available in after four matches.
* Chris Gayle unavailable due to injury.
* Bowling strength is not sufficient.
* Saurav Ganguli played his part but not enough support from others.

Performance of KKR in IPL2:

* A forgettable tournament, marred with controversial multiple captain theory of coach John Buchanon and a mysterious blogger sending dubious messages!
* A dethroned demoralized Saurav Ganguli performed below per.
* The make shift captain Brenden Macculum failed miserably.
* No unity in the team.

Performance of KKR in IPL3:

* This year starts with lots of promises, the joining of Dev Whatmore as coach, Wasim Akram as bowling consultant and Shane Bond as fast bowler increased the strength manifold.
* Result is similar as IPL1 as all the star players are not performing in unison.
* Inability to win away matches and big matches.
* Fast bowlers like Ishant Sharma and ajit agarkar failed miserably. Ashok Dinda is underutilized.
* Team is heavily dependent on Saurav Ganguli and Anjelo Mathews.

After 13 matches are completed, the possibility of reaching semifinal is bleak and dependent on lots of ifs and buts! The huge number of KKR fans along with the owner Shah Rukh have every reason to be disappointed!