They are the 3-time IPL Champions and are ready to rock the 13th edition of the league. Full of individual match winners and led by the charismatic Dinesh Karthik, Kolkata Knight Riders like always start this tournament as one of the favourites. Their first test will be against 4-time winners and defending Champions Mumbai Indians who will be licking their wounds after an opening night loss to Chennai Super Kings. While Mumbai will be looking to regroup after the loss and focus on their spin department weakness, Kolkata will be aiming to start on a high. The Knight Riders look like a compact yet powerful unit on paper and with match winners like Shubhman Gill, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine in their ranks, KKR are easily be one of the big boys of the league.