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{{Infobox cricket club season
| club =[[Kolkata Knight Riders]]
| season =2009
| coach = [[John Buchanan (Australian cricketer)|John Buchanan]]
| captain = [[Brendon McCullum]]
| ground = [[Eden Gardens]], [[Kolkata]]
| comp1 = [[2009 Indian Premier League|IPL]]
| comp1 result = last
| comp2 = [[2009 Champions League Twenty20|CLT20]]
| comp2 result = did not qualify
| most runs = [[Brad Hodge]] (365)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ipl2009/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=4801;type=tournament |title=Indian Premier League, 2009/ Records / Most runs |publisher=ESPNCricinfo |accessdate=20 June 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510061019/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ipl2009/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=4801%3Btype%3Dtournament |archivedate=10 May 2012 }}</ref>
| most wickets =[[Ishant Sharma]] (11)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ipl2009/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=4801;type=tournament |title=Indian Premier League, 2009/ Records / Most runs |publisher=ESPNCricinfo |accessdate=20 June 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151102231133/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ipl2009/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=4801%3Btype%3Dtournament |archivedate= 2 November 2015 }}</ref>
| prevseason = [[Kolkata Knight Riders in 2008|2008]]
| nextseason = [[Kolkata Knight Riders in 2010|2010]]
}}

The [[Kolkata Knight Riders]] (KKR) is a franchise cricket team based in [[Kolkata]], [[India]], which plays in the [[Indian Premier League]] (IPL). They were one of the eight teams that competed in the [[2009 Indian Premier League]]. They were captained by [[Brendon McCullum]]. Kolkata Knight Riders finished last in the IPL and did not qualify for the Champions League T20.

== Background ==
The season is by far the worst in the history of the franchise. Kolkata Knight Riders finished at the bottom of the ranking table with three wins and ten losses including a string of nine successive defeats. KKR was among the least active franchises during the off season, with no player trades. However, the team signed Mohnish Parmar during the period and also re-signed [[Ajantha Mendis]] to a long term deal.

On 18 April 2009 a [[Fake IPL Player|blog]] by an anonymous author claiming to be a member of the team surfaced on the web. The blog was controversial from the start, giving unflattering nicknames to players, coaches, and owners of KKR and other teams, telling sordid stories, and showing most of them in a very negative light.<ref name="Guardian">{{cite news|url = https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2009/apr/22/ipl-indian-premier-league-fake-player|date = 22 April 2009|title = Fake IPL player spins web of intrigue|accessdate = 2 May 2011|work = The Guardian}}</ref> The blog rapidly became popular and created a lot of media frenzy.<ref name="Guardian" /> The blog worsened an already bad season for KKR, which lost most of their games, had controversies surrounding their coach, [[John Buchanan (cricketer, born 1953)|John Buchanan]], and frequently changed captains, including [[Sourav Ganguly]] and [[Brendon McCullum]] based on a series of theories discussing "multiple-captains".<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/sports/in-a-hell-called-kolkata-knight-riders|title = In a hell called Kolkata Knight Riders|date = 30 May 2009|accessdate = 8 April 2011|publisher = Open magazine}}</ref> In August 2010, [[Bangalore]] based marketing specialist Anupam Mukerji revealed himself to be the person behind the blog. He said he had "never met a cricketer in his life", and was just making up stories. He never expected it to become this big, he remarked, adding that the Fake Player ended up getting legitimized by the media frenzy. He was inspired by the popularity of a similar blog by [[Fake Steve Jobs]], and the [[Richard Gere]] movie ''[[The Hoax]]''.<ref name="Times">{{cite news|url = http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToPrint_TOINEW&Type=text/html&Locale=english-skin-custom&Path=TOIM/2010/08/29&ID=Ar00105|date = 29 August 2010|work = [[Times of India]]|title = Not KKR insider, Fake IPL Player is a B’lore executive|accessdate = 2 May 2011|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120902105415/http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib%3ALowLevelEntityToPrint_TOINEW&Type=text%2Fhtml&Locale=english-skin-custom&Path=TOIM%2F2010%2F08%2F29&ID=Ar00105|archive-date = 2 September 2012|url-status = dead}}</ref><ref name="FSJ">{{cite web|url=http://www.indibloggies.org/fip-interview |title=My book tells everything that the blog didn’t: Fake IPL Player |date=15 January 2010 |work=indibloggies.org |accessdate=4 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100413164738/http://www.indibloggies.org/fip-interview |archivedate=13 April 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/cricketnews/And-the-Fake-IPL-Player-is/Article1-593020.aspx |title=And the ‘Fake IPL Player’ is... |author=Siddhanth Aney |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |accessdate=29 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100901174339/http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/cricketnews/And-the-Fake-IPL-Player-is/Article1-593020.aspx |archivedate= 1 September 2010 }}</ref>

KKR also set up a [[Talent Resource Development Wing]] (TRDW) in 2009 to spot local talent nationwide. This was based on [[Board of Control for Cricket in India|BCCI]]'s 2002–06 model which had discovered talents like [[MS Dhoni]] and [[Suresh Raina]]. The wing was headed by Makarand Wainganker, who had first initiated the TRDW concept for the [[Karnataka State Cricket Association|KSCA]].<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.iplpulse.com/ipl/kkr-ipl/waingankar-joins-kolkata-knight-riders-as-trdw-chief/|title = Wainganker joins KKR as TRDW chief|date = 1 May 2009|accessdate = 8 April 2011}}</ref> However, Wainganker eventually resigned after persistent disagreements with [[John Buchanan (cricketer, born 1953)|John Buchanan]] over team selection and Buchanan's "multiple captains" theory.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/sports/in-a-hell-called-kolkata-knight-riders|title = In a hell called Kolkata Knight Riders|date = 30 May 2009|accessdate = 8 April 2011}}</ref>

Despite the poor on field performance of the team and its struggle at the bottom of the points table, the Kolkata Knight Riders were ranked as the richest team in the tournament with a brand value of $42.1 million.<ref name="09 value">{{cite web |url = http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/ipl-valued-at-21-bn-kkr-richest-team/61080/on|title = IPL valued at $2.1 bn; KKR richest team|accessdate = 31 May 2012}}</ref>

==Indian Premier League==
===Season standings===
Kolkata Knight Riders finished last in the league stage of IPL 2009.
{{:2009 Indian Premier League|team=KKR}}

=== Match log ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:5%;"| Date
! style="width:10%;"| Opponent
! style="width:7%;"| Venue
! style="width:20%;"| Result
|- align= style="background:#fbb; "
| 19 April || {{flagicon|India}} [[Deccan Chargers]] || [[Cape Town]] || Lost by 8 wickets
|- align= style="background:#c3fdb8;"
| 21 April || {{flagicon|India}} [[Kings XI Punjab]] || [[Durban]] || Won by 11 runs (D/L Method), MoM- {{flagicon|Jamaica}} [[Chris Gayle]] 44* (26)
|- align= style="background:#fbb; "
| 23 April || {{flagicon|India}} [[Rajasthan Royals]] || [[Port Elizabeth]] || Lost by 15 runs in [[Super Over]]
|-
| 25 April || {{flagicon|India}} [[Chennai Super Kings]] || [[Cape Town]] || Match abandoned due to intermittent rain
|- align= style="background:#fbb; "
| 27 April || {{flagicon|India}} [[Mumbai Indians]] || [[Port Elizabeth]] || Lost by 92 runs
|- align= style="background:#fbb; "
| 29 April || {{flagicon|India}} [[Royal Challengers Bangalore]] || [[Durban]] || Lost by 5 wickets
|- align= style="background:#fbb; "
| 1 May || {{flagicon|India}} [[Mumbai Indians]] || [[Durban]] || Lost by 9 runs
|- align= style="background:#fbb; "
| 3 May || {{flagicon|India}} [[Kings XI Punjab]] || [[East London, South Africa|East London]] || Lost by 6 wickets
|- align= style="background:#fbb; "
| 5 May || {{flagicon|India}} [[Delhi Daredevils]] || [[Durban]] || Lost by 9 wickets
|- align= style="background:#fbb; "
| 10 May || {{flagicon|India}} [[Delhi Daredevils]] || [[Johannesburg, South Africa|Johannesburg]] || Lost by 7 Wickets
|- align= style="background:#fbb; "
| 12 May || {{flagicon|India}} [[Royal Challengers Bangalore]] || [[Pretoria]] || Lost by 6 wickets
|- align= style="background:#fbb; "
| 16 May || {{flagicon|India}} [[Deccan Chargers]] || [[Port Elizabeth]] || Lost by 6 wickets
|- align= style="background:#c3fdb8;"
| 18 May || {{flagicon|India}} [[Chennai Super Kings]] || [[Pretoria]] || Won by 7 wickets, MoM- {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Brad Hodge]] 71* (44)
|- align= style="background:#c3fdb8;"
| 20 May || {{flagicon|India}} [[Rajasthan Royals]] || [[Durban]] || Won by 4 wickets, MoM- {{flagicon|India}} [[Laxmi Shukla]] 48* (46)
|- " class="sortbottom" style="background:indigo; color:gold;"
| colspan="4" style="text-align: center; "| '''Overall record of 3 – 10 (One match abandoned)'''
'''Failed to reach Semifinals, ended 8/8'''
|}

==References==
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[[Category:2009 Indian Premier League]]
[[Category:Kolkata Knight Riders seasons]]

Kolkata Knight Riders in 2009 - Revision history

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