Karthik to lead Kolkata Knight Riders

New Delhi: Kolkata Knight Riders CEO Venky Mysore on Sunday announced that Dinesh Karthik will lead the side in the eleventh season of the Indian Premier League (IPL). He was bought for Rs 7.4 crore in the IPL players' auction in January. Robin Uthappa will be Karthik's deputy.

Squad: Dinesh Karthik (c), Robin Uthappa (vc), Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Chris Lynn, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Singh Yadav, Piyush Chawla, Nitish Rana, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Shivam Mavi, Mitchell Johnson, Shubman Gill, Ranganath Vinay Kumar, Rinku Singh, Cameron Delport, Javon Searless, Apoorv Vijay Wankhade, Ishank Jaggi.