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Kolkata: In a surprise announcement, Kolkata Knight Riders on Sunday said they were “still discussing the issue of captaincy”, hinting at uncertainty over star cricketer Sourav Ganguly continuing as the leader of the team in the second season.

KKR coach John Buchanan told reporters they were still discussing about the team skipper for the high-profile event, which has less than a month left for its start.

“We are deciding about it. We are still having discussion on the issue,” Buchanan said in reply to a query as Kolkata franchise announced a 28-member squad for the second edition of the Twenty20 extravaganza.

The World Cup winning Australian coach, now in charge of KKR, said they have almost retained the same squad having few recruitments from the camp, after announcing the team.

“Over the next couple of weeks, I will again try to prune the squad… hopefully to bring it around the number of 22 depending on how the boys progress in the next few days,” Buchanan said, adding their objective in the IPL second edition is to make the summit showdown.

“From our perspective, our target goal will certainly be to make it to the the final of the series…I think that’s an expectation well within our reach. That’s quite realistic… For that, we have to look into the differences last year and this year.”

“In terms of international players, some of the major difference will be Chris Gayle who will be available throughout the season. Brendon McCullum, who played about four games, will also be available for the whole tournament,” he said.