Eoin Morgan  

Every cricketer has a great fan-following. However, some cricketers also tend to follow other sports and are fascinated by a player from the very sport, thus identifying themselves as their greatest fan. In football, cricketers even choose between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.

Dinesh Karthik had been leading Kolkata Knight Riders since 2018. The team is currently placed sixth in the table, as they desperately need a win in their final game to stay in contention for the playoffs. Eoin Morgan is leading the side after Karthik stepped down a few games back.

Kolkata Knight Riders are the former champions of the Indian Premier League, having won the title on two occasions, in 2012 and 2014. The franchise is owned by Bollywood Superstar Shah Rukh Khan, since 2008. The motto of the team is 'Korbo, Lorbo, Jeetbo (Do it, fight it, win it)'.

Sunrisers Hyderabad suffered their sixth loss of the season in nine matches, as they are placed in the fifth spot of the points table. Meanwhile, Kolkata Knight Riders registered their fifth win of the season in the same number of matches as SRH, placed at number four.

This was Mumbai Indians' sixth win of the tournament this season in eight matches, as the rise back to the top spot of the table. As for Kolkata Knight Riders, this was their fourth loss of the season in the same number of matches as MI, while they stay in the fourth spot.

Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Dinesh Karthik gives up captaincy to focus on his batting. KKR will be captained by Eoin Morgan from now on. 

Kolkata Knight Riders rode to a comfortable seven-wicket win over Sunerisers Hyderabad on Saturday. It was KKR's opening win fo the tournament. Opening batsman Shubman Gill was adjudged the Man of the Match, for his sublime knock of an unbeaten 62-ball 70.

Dinesh Karthik was roped in by Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) as the successor of Gautam Gambhir in 2018. Under his leadership, the side managed to reach the playoffs in the very first season, while they managed to finish in the fifth spot last season.

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Southampton: England captain Eoin Morgan broke MS Dhoni’s record during his team’s ODI against Ireland in Southampton on Tuesday (August 4). Morgan is now the leading international captain with most number of sixes. He surpassed Dhoni to take the top position. He hit a century (106) against Ireland but the team lost as they could not defend 329 in the third and final ODI. However, England won the three-match series 2-1. Who are the top 10 captains in international cricket with most sixes across formats? Check out the list here. India skipper Virat Kohli is placed 11th with 117 sixes.

England cricketers Joe Root, Moeen Ali, Eoin Morgan, Heather Knight and a few more joined hands to celebrate NatWest 'Cricket has no boundaries' campaign launch at the Black Prince Community Trust Hub in London a few days ago. 

England will lose the services of Alex Hales as he has been ruled out of the rest of the tour because he sustained a fractured hand during the 2^nd ODI in Cuttack.