3 best foreign batsmen who have represented Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in IPL history

The Kolkata Knight Riders are one of the most popular IPL teams and have won the title twice, once in 2012 and once in 2014. They were the first team to win a match in the IPL as they beat RCB riding on Brendon Mccullum's 158 in the 1st IPL match in 2008. Since then, they have given many great performances and have also encountered a few lows. KKR have made it to the playoffs 6 times and in the last 3 years, they have consistently been making it to the playoffs.

They have had few standout performers for them in this period and the Kolkata fans have always been passionate and eager to support their stars and the players reciprocate with good performances.

KKR will kick off their IPL 2019 campaign with a home game against SRH on Sunday, 24th March and they'll want to break their drought and bring the title home under Dinesh Karthik's leadership

Let's take a look at the 3 best foreign batsmen who have played for KKR.

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#3 Chris Lynn

Chris Lynn

Chris Lynn is one of the most devastating T20 batsmen in the world and fetched quite an exorbitant amount in the auction. After great performances in the 2017 season where the Aussie showed tremendous firepower in the few games he played, KKR went all out to buy him in 2018 and eventually did so for ₹9.6 Crore.

After an average start, he did pile up some runs and finished off with 491 runs last season, a decent effort from the Aussie. He is also one of the best fielders in the league and has taken a few spectacular catches. But his shoulder niggle has been troubling him for some time now.

He has scored 875 runs in his IPL career so far at a great strike-rate of 141.12 and will look to fire this season.

#2 Brendon Mccullum

Baz set the league on fire with his tremendous 158 which got the IPL off to the best start possible.

Brendon Mccullum is the player who set things rolling and told everyone what IPL cricket was with his great innings of 158 in the first IPL game, and he is one of the best foreign batsmen that KKR have had.

'Baz' was known for charging down the wicket, his 360-degree batting and above all, he was known for taking the attack to the opposition. He was always after the opposition bowlers and scored 882 runs for KKR during his stint with them and won the IPL title once with them.

He is one of the best T20 players and after his retirement, he has been playing in various T20 leagues around the world but he is getting past his prime and was unsold ahead of this season but may make it to any of the teams in case they look for an injury replacement.

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#1 Jacques Kallis

Jacques Kallis

Jacques Kallis is one of the best all-rounders in the game's history and he was undoubtedly a popular player in the IPL. Kallis played for RCB and succeeded with both bat and ball for them but couldn't win the league with RCB.

He made a move to KKR ahead of IPL 2011 and it was good news for the KKR fans as the Proteas all-rounder became an integral part of their side. He was impressive in 2011 and scored 424 runs at a good average of 35.33 and picked up 7 wickets.

He performed very well in IPL 2012 as well and scored 409 runs with the bat whilst also picking up 15 wickets and gave a complete all-round performance to secure KKR's first-ever title win. In total, he has scored 1295 runs for KKR and has also picked up 42 wickets for the side. He was very effective during chases and always kept a calm head to take the team past the line.

He didn't want to part with the side and took over the Head Coach baton from Trevor Bayliss and remains in that position. Ever since he took charge, KKR haven't finished below 5th spot and he's certainly the best foreign batsman for the team.