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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 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. 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 color 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.

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.

Current Squad

Batsmen

No.	Name	Age	Nationality	Batting Style	Bowling/Fielding	Bidding/Sign-in Price
1	David Hussey	30	Australia	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break	US$ 625,000
2	Ricky Ponting	33	Australia	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	US$ 400,000
3	Salman Butt	23	Pakistan	Left-handed	Right-arm off-break	US$ 100,000
4	Akash Chopra	30	India	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Delhi - Ranji Trophy Player
5	Cheteshwar Pujara	22	India	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break	Saurashtra - Ranji Trophy Player
6	Rohan Banerjee	19	India	Left-handed	Right-arm medium	Bengal Under-22 Team Player
7	Yashpal Singh	26	India	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Services cricket team Player
8	Debabrata Das	21	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	Left-handed	Right-arm medium	US$ 1,092,500 (Icon Player) ♠
2	Tatenda Taibu	24	Zimbabwe	Right-handed	Wicket keeper	US$ 125,000
3	Wriddhiman Saha	23	India	Right-handed	Wicket keeper	Bengal - Ranji Trophy Player
4	Brendon McCullum	26	New Zealand	Right-handed	Wicket keeper	US$ 700,000
5	Chris Gayle	28	Jamaica	Left-handed	Right-arm off-break	US$ 800,000
6	Ajit Agarkar	30	India	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	US$ 350,000
7	Mohammad Hafeez	27	Pakistan	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break	US$ 100,000
8	Iqbal Abdulla	18	India	Left-handed	Left-arm orthodox spin	India Under-19 Team
9	Laxmi Ratan Shukla	26	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	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	US$ 950,000
2	Shoaib Akhtar	32	Pakistan	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	US$ 450,000
3	Murali Kartik	31	India	Left-handed	Left-arm orthodox spin	US$ 425,000
4	Umar Gul	24	Pakistan	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	US$ 150,000
5	Siddarth Kaul	17	India	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	India Under-19 Team
6	Ranadeb Bose	29	India	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Bengal - Ranji Trophy Player
7	Sourashish Lahiri	26	India	Right-handed	Left-arm orthodox spin	Bengal - Ranji Trophy Player

Administration and Coaching staff

Front Office:

• Owners - Shah Rukh Khan(Red Chillis Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.), Juhi Chawla & Jai Mehta
• CEO - Joy Bhattacharjee
• President - TBA

Coaches:

• Head Coach - John Buchanan
• Assistant Head Coach - Matthew Mott
• Physiotherapist - Andrew Leipus
• Physical Trainer - Adrian Le Roux, Michael Buchanan

Fixtures and Results

Kolkata Knight Riders 2008 Season

External links

• Official Homepage
• Official Indian Premier League Site

References

1. "SRK names IPL as Kolkata Knightriders". Indiatimes. 2008-02-10. Retrieved 2008-02-10.
2. ^ "King Khan launches Kolkata Knight Riders". Yahoo. 2008-03-11. Retrieved 2008-03-11.
3. ^ "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. ^ "Leipus, Le Roux for Team Calcutta". The Telegraph. 2008-02-21. Retrieved 2008-02-21.
9. http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080408/jsp/sports/story_9108451.jsp

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