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Kolkata Knight Riders (also referred to as KKR) is the franchise
representing Kolkata in the Indian Premier League, a Twenty20
cricket tournament. The team is led by Sourav Ganguly, who is
also the Icon Player for the team, and coached by John Buchanan.
The official theme of the team is Korbo, Lorbo, Jeetbo Re (We
will do it, Fight for it, Win it) and the official colors are
black and gold.
Knight Riders is one of the franchise of the eight team taking
part in the Indian Premier League. It was bought by Bollywood
actor ShahRukh Khan's Red Chillies Entertainment in partnership
with Juhi Chawla Mehta and her husband, Jai Mehta.
The Knight Riders had a good beginning to the season by winning
their first two matches against Royal Challengers Bangalore and
Deccan Chargers. Knight Riders' opening batsman Brendon McCullum
scored 158 runs in the first match, which is a record for the
highest runs ever scored by a batsman in a Twenty-20 match.
However, the team started experiencing failures and lost
consecutive four matches. The team managed to stage a comeback
of sorts by winning next three matches based on strong
performances by Sourav and Shoaib Akhtar. But their performance
dipped again and lost next three matches, which included their
match against Mumbai Indians, in which they were bowled out for
67 runs, the lowest score by a team in IPL. When their match
against Delhi Daredevils was washed out due to rain, they lost
any chance of making it to the semifinals. The Knight Riders
ended their season on a winning note by defeating Kings XI
Punjab on their home ground.
Kolkata Knight Riders
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Kolkata Knight Riders
- Captain
Saurav Ganguly |
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 Sourav
Ganguly
Aakash
Chopra
Abhishek
Banerjee
Aditya
Dole
Ajantha
Mendis
Ajit
Agarkar
Ameya
Shrikhande
Amit
Das
Angelo
Mathews
Anureet
Singh
Anushtup
Mazumdar
Arindam
Ghosh
Ashok
Dinda
Avik
Chowdhury
Bhavin
Thakkar
Brad
Hodge
Brendon
McCullum
Chetan
Suryavanshi
Cheteshwar
Pujara
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Chris
Gayle
David
Hussey
Debabrata
Das
Dhiran
Salvi
Gaurav
Chabbra
Gnaneswara
Rao
Iqbal
Abdulla
Ishant
Sharma
Ishwar
Chowdhury
Kshemal
Waingankar
Laxmi
Ratan Shukla
M
Sanauth
Mark
Cameron
Mashrafe
Bin Mortaza
Mohnish
Parmar
Moises
Henriques
Murali
Kartik
Murtaza
Hussain
Nataraj
Behara
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P
Prashant
Prashant
Parmeshwar
Rajesh
Verma
Ricky
Ponting
Rohan
Prem
S
Niyaz
Sachin
Rana
Sanjay
Bangar
Sanjib
Sanyal
Sanju
Samson
Shatrunjay
Gaekwad
SheldonJackson
Shoaib
Sheikh
Sourav
Sarkar
Sunny
Singh
Vinit
Indulkar
Wriddhiman
Saha
Yashpal
Singh
John
Buchanan
(AUS) (Coach) |
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For more info to visit www.kolkataknightriders.com |
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