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Revision as of 14:24, 15 April 2008

Kolkata Knight Riders
File:Knight Riders.JPG
Personnel
CaptainSourav Ganguly
CoachJohn Buchanan
OwnerShah Rukh Khan, Juhi Chawla & Jai Mehta
Team information
ColorsBlack and Golden    
Founded2008
Home groundEden Gardens
Capacity89,500
Official websiteKolkata Knight Riders

Kolkata Knight Riders is the franchise representing Kolkata in the Indian Premier League. The team will be led by Sourav Ganguly, also the Icon Player for the team and coached by John Buchanan. The name of the team was revealed on March 10 2008 with an official team unveiling ceremony on March 11 2008. [1] The official theme of the team is Korbo, Lorbo, Jitbo Re (We will do it, Fight for it, Win it) and the official colors are black and gold.

Franchise History

Kolkata Knight Riders is a franchise of the eight team Indian Premier League. It was bought on January 24 2008 by Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan's Red Chillies Entertainment in partnership with Juhi Chawla and her husband, Jai Mehta.

Etymology

The logo of the team consists of blazing golden viking helmet against a black background with the name of the team Kolkata Knight Riders written in gold. The main theme of the team Korbo, Lorbo, Jitbo Re (We will do it, Fight for it, Win it) has been created by Vishal-Shekhar duo.[2] A Knight Rider album with several singers and music composers including Usha Uthup and Bappi Lahiri will also be created.[3] The tag line of the team is All the King's Men.[2] The team's official color is black and gold. Black stands for the courage of Maa Kali and gold stands for the spirit of winning.[3] The jersey was created by Bollywood fashion designer Manish Malhotra.[2] The team also has a mascot named Hoog Lee, who is a lazy Royal Bengal Tiger and loves to eat burgers. The name was chosen after lot of research. The name Knight Riders has been chosen keeping in view of the kids and the youth.[2], and is a obvious reference to the famous television show.[4]

The Kolkata Knight Riders is the only team other than Rajasthan Royals that does not have associated brands. This along with the association of Shah Rukh Khan made Kolkata team the most sort after team in terms of Sponsorship. Kolkata team was the first team to announce it sponsors. HDIL is the title sponsor along with Belmonte , The Telegraph (Kolkata)and Tag Heuer as associates sponsors. A later addition was Nokia as the second title sponsor. It is interesting to note that 3 of the 5 brands have Shah Rukh Khan as their brand ambassador. Reebok is the merchandise sponsor for the team.

Players

Sourav Ganguly, the former captain of the Indian cricket team is the icon player and will lead the Kolkata franchise. Also in the team is allrounder Chris Gayle and wicket keeper batsman Brendon McCullum. The most successful captain in world cricket Ricky Ponting follows suit with a bowling attack including Shoaib Akhtar, Ishant Sharma, Umar Gul. Others include Ajit Agarkar, Murali Karthik and David Hussey.[5]

Current Squad

Batsmen

No. Name Age Nationality Batting Style Bowling/Fielding Bidding/Sign-in Price
1 David Hussey 30 Australia Australia Right-handed Right-arm off-break US$ 625,000
2 Ricky Ponting 33 Australia Australia Right-handed Right-arm medium US$ 400,000
3 Salman Butt 23 Pakistan Pakistan Left-handed Right-arm off-break US$ 100,000
4 Akash Chopra 30 India India Right-handed Right-arm medium Delhi - Ranji Trophy Player
5 Cheteshwar Pujara 22 India India Right-handed Right-arm off-break Saurashtra - Ranji Trophy Player
6 Rohan Banerjee 19 India India Left-handed Right-arm medium Bengal Under-22 Team Player
7 Yashpal Singh 26 India India Right-handed Right-arm medium Services cricket team Player
8 Debabrata Das 21 India India Right-handed Right-arm off-break Bengal Under-22 Team Player

Wicket Keepers / All Rounders

No. Name Age Nationality Batting Style Bowling/Fielding Bidding/Sign-in Price
1 Sourav Ganguly (Captain) ♠ 35 India India Left-handed Right-arm medium US$ 1,092,500 (Icon Player) ♠
2 Tatenda Taibu 24 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Right-handed Wicket keeper US$ 125,000
3 Wriddhiman Saha 23 India India Right-handed Wicket keeper Bengal - Ranji Trophy Player
4 Brendon McCullum 26 New Zealand New Zealand Right-handed Wicket keeper US$ 700,000
5 Chris Gayle 28 Jamaica Jamaica Left-handed Right-arm off-break US$ 800,000
6 Ajit Agarkar 30 India India Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium US$ 350,000
7 Mohammad Hafeez 27 Pakistan Pakistan Right-handed Right-arm off-break US$ 100,000
8 Iqbal Abdulla 18 India India Left-handed Left-arm orthodox spin India Under-19 Team
9 Laxmi Ratan Shukla 26 India India Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Bengal - Ranji Trophy Player

Bowlers

No. Name Age Nationality Batting Style Bowling/Fielding Bidding/Sign-in Price
1 Ishant Sharma 19 India India Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium US$ 950,000
2 Shoaib Akhtar 32 Pakistan Pakistan Right-handed Right-arm fast US$ 450,000
3 Murali Kartik 31 India India Left-handed Left-arm orthodox spin US$ 425,000
4 Umar Gul 24 Pakistan Pakistan Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium US$ 150,000
5 Siddarth Kaul 17 India India Right-handed Right-arm medium India Under-19 Team
6 Ranadeb Bose 29 India India Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Bengal - Ranji Trophy Player
7 Sourashish Lahiri 26 India India Right-handed Left-arm orthodox spin Bengal - Ranji Trophy Player

Administration and Coaching staff

Front Office:

Coaches:

Fixtures and Results

Kolkata Knight Riders 2008 Season

No. Date Opponent Venue Result
1 18 April Bangalore Royal Challengers Bangalore
2 20 April Deccan Chargers Kolkata
3 26 April Chennai Super Kings Chennai
4 29 April Mumbai Indians Kolkata
5 1 May Rajasthan Royals Jaipur
6 3 May Kings XI Punjab Mohali
7 8 May Bangalore Royal Challengers Kolkata
8 11 May Deccan Chargers Hyderabad
9 13 May Delhi DareDevils Kolkata
10 16 May Mumbai Indians Mumbai
11 18 May Chennai Super Kings Kolkata
12 20 May Rajasthan Royals Kolkata
13 22 May Delhi DareDevils Delhi
14 25 May Kings XI Punjab Kolkata

References

  1. ^ "SRK names IPL as Kolkata Knightriders". Indiatimes. 2008-02-10. Retrieved 2008-02-10.
  2. ^ a b c d "King Khan launches Kolkata Knight Riders". Yahoo. 2008-03-11. Retrieved 2008-03-11.
  3. ^ a b "Kolkata Knightriders launched amidst gloom". Hindustan Times. 2008-03-11. Retrieved 2008-03-11.
  4. ^ "Shah Rukh Khan's Kolkata IPL team to be called Night Riders or Knight Riders". The Economic Times. 2008-02-09. Retrieved 2008-02-21.
  5. ^ "Kolkata Knight Riders Squad". Cricinfo. 2008-03-14. Retrieved 2008-03-14.
  6. ^ "Shoaib sued by PCB and sacked by IPL". The Guardian. 2008-04-03. Retrieved 2008-04-10.
  7. ^ "Mott heads to Kolkata as Buchanan's IPL assistant". Cricifo. 2008-03-26. Retrieved 2006-03-26.
  8. ^ a b "Leipus, Le Roux for Team Calcutta". The Telegraph. 2008-02-21. Retrieved 2008-02-21.
  9. ^ "Buchanan son to join support staff". The Telegraph. 2008-04-08. Retrieved 2008-04-08.
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