India, March 18 -- Kolkata Knight Riders had a brief period of consistent success in the first half of the 2010s and they have pretty much been the picture of inconsistency before and after that. That period was powered by captain Gautam Gambhir's inspired leadership and the prodigal son of Kolkata from Delhi has now returned to the franchise as a mentor.

Gambhir the mentor had been in the news during his stint last season with the Lucknow Super Giants, particularly due to the bust-up he had with Royal Challengers Bangalore stalwart and his former India teammate Virat Kohli. Gambhir made it clear that he was incensed by Kohli's behaviour towards LSG's Naveen-ul-Haq and it could be that this was the kind of fire that KKR was missing all t...