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. The official theme of the team is Korbo,
Lorbo, Jitbo Re (We will do it, Fight for it, Win it) and the official
colours are black and gold.
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.
The logo of the team consist of a 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. A Knight Rider album with several
singers and music composers including Usha Uthup and Bappi Lahiri will also be created. The tag line of the team is All
the King's Men. The team's official colour is black and
gold. Black stands for the courage of Maa Kali and gold stands for the spirit of winning. The jersey was created by Bollywood fashion designer Manish Malhotra. 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., and
is a obvious reference to the
famous television show. Incidentally the Kolkata team playing in the ICL (the
rebel league) is named as "Kolkata Tigers".
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.
Batsmen
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David Hussey - Australia - Right-handed Batsman
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Ricky Ponting - Australia - Right-handed Batsman
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Salman Butt - Pakistan - Left-handed Batsman
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Akash Chopra - India - Right-handed Batsman
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Cheteshwar Pujara - India - Right-handed Batsman
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Rohan Banerjee - India - Left-handed Batsman
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Yashpal Singh - India - Right-handed Batsman
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Debabrata Das - India - Right-handed Batsman
Wicketkeepers
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Brendon McCullum - New Zealand - Right-handed Wicket
keeper
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Tatenda Taibu - Zimbabwe - Right-handed Wicket keeper
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Wriddhiman Saha - India - Right-handed Wicket keeper
All Rounders
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Sourav Ganguly (Captain) - India - Left-handed Batsman/Right-arm medium -
Chris Gayle - West Indies - Left-handed Batsman/Right-arm off-break
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Ajit Agarkar - India - Right-handed Batsman/Right-arm fast-medium
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Mohammad Hafeez - Pakistan - Right-handed Batsman/Right-arm off-break
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Iqbal Abdulla - India - Left-handed Batsman/Left-arm orthodox spin
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Laxmi Ratan Shukla - India - Right-handed Batsman/Right-arm fast-medium
Bowlers
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Ishant Sharma - India - Right-arm fast-medium
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Shoaib Akhtar - Pakistan - Right-arm fast
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Murali Kartik - India - Left-arm orthodox spin -
Umar Gul - Pakistan -
Right-arm fast-medium
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Siddarth Kaul - India - Right-arm medium
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Ranadeb Bose -India - Right-arm fast-medium
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Sourashish Lahiri - India - Left-arm orthodox spin
Administration and Coaching Staff
Front Office:
Coaches:
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Head Coach - John Buchanan
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Assistant Head Coach - Matthew Mott -
Physiotherapist - Andrew
Leipus -
Physical Trainer - Adrian Le Roux
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