After two successful years with Lucknow Super Giants, Gautam Gambhir made his long-awaited return to Kolkata Knight Riders for IPL 2024. Under his leadership, KKR won the championship in 2012 and 2014 but left the franchise in 2017 to join Delhi Capitals. After his retirement, he made his way into coaching and has played a pivotal role in helping LSG qualify for the play-offs in 2022 and 2023.
Meanwhile, after qualifying for the finals in 2021, KKR have failed to make it to the play-offs in two successive years. To change things up, KKR co-owner and Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan decided to bring back Gambhir, under whose leadership, the franchise had tremendous success.
As per reports, Khan offered a blank cheque to the former cricketer, but it's not reported if he accepted to that. The 42-year-old joined KKR anyway and in his first speech made it clear that KKR will once again fight for the title.
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