McCullum will Captain KKR Team

New Zealand wicketkeeper batsman Brendon McCullum got the chance a head of local hero Ganguly to captain the Kolkata Knight Riders team for the second season of IPL. McCullum was very happy for the news. He will keep the wickets & open the batting. "I'm immensely proud to have been named Kolkata Knight Riders captain. It's a tremendous honor, We've got some quality players in our line-up and I will be looking to use the skills and expertise of Sourav, Brad and Chris throughout the tournament.” he said.

"I don't know how it looks from the outside, but Sourav has been extremely supportive of my role in Kolkata Knight Riders, right from the inaugural season," McCullum wrote in his column for Times of India.

"He is an icon who has always had a way with younger players and it is wonderful to watch how they respond and react to him. I am sure that Sourav will be one of the chief motivators for the youngsters in the group this year as well.

"As a unit, our expectations from him are high and we feel that he will now be able to express himself more freely as a batsman and of course he will be making huge inputs in planning and ideating."