The Kolkata Knight Riders management has denied reports of a rift between team owner Shah Rukh Khan and skipper Sourav Ganguly over team composition and tactical matters.

According to a source in the team, all such reports published in the media are ‘bogus' and ‘fictitious'.

He said that media reports that had claimed that Shah Rukh was not happy with some of Ganguly's decisions in crunch matches, while the skipper himself was unhappy for not having enough say in team composition were ‘baseless'.

The source insisted Shah Rukh and Ganguly were in the best of relationships and said, "All these reports of rift are false and baseless. We don't have any problem in the team."

He added, "It is only that our performance had not been to what we had expected. Because we are losing, people are imagining things that we are having problems in running the team."

The source said Shah Rukh himself would soon be issuing a statement in Mumbai to clarify the matter.

After their loss to Rajasthan Royals in Kolkata on Tuesday, Knight Riders are virtually out of reckoning for a semi-final berth save for a miracle. They play Delhi Daredevils here on Thursday in their penultimate match.