Knight Riders plans to pick up teams in S Africa, UAE to globalise brand

Venky Mysore, KKR's CEO and managing director said that the franchise has already been offered the Cape Town team for South Africa's premier cricket league

Red Chillies Entertainment, along with the other co-owners of the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) cricket team (including film stars Shah Rukh Khan, Juhi Chawla and others), is keen to extend the brand to other countries.

After its success with Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR) in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL), where the Knight Riders franchisee won the 2015, 2017 and 2018 seasons, the franchise is now targeting the opening of chapters in South Africa and UAE. And, to expand its merchandising business across the globe with these franchises.

Venky Mysore, KKR’s managing director, said it had already been offered the Cape Town team