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Kolkata Knight Riders is the franchise representing Kolkata in the Indian Premier League. 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, 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 by Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan's Red Chillies Entertainment in partnership with Juhi Chawla and her husband, Jai Mehta.

The mascot of the Knight Riders is Hoog Lee, "a lazy Royal Bengal Tiger" who "loves to eat burgers" Their logo consists of blazing golden viking helmet against a black background with the name of the team Kolkata Knight Riders written in gold.

Players

Sourav Ganguly, the former captain of the Indian cricket team is the icon player and led the Kolkata franchise. The team also includes the Australian captain Ricky Ponting, allrounder Chris Gayle and wicket keeper batsman Brendon McCullum. The main bowlers are Shoaib Akhtar, Ishant Sharma, Umar Gul. Others include Ajit Agarkar, Murali Karthik and David Hussey.

Current Squad

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 Template:WebSlice-begin{| class="wikitable" |- ! width=5%|No. ! width=10%|Date ! width=20%|Opponent ! width=10%|Venue ! width=40%|Result |- ||1 || 18 April || Bangalore Royal Challengers || Bangalore || Won by 140 runs, MoM - Brendon McCullum 158*(73) |- |- ||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 || |- |}Template:WebSlice-end

External links

• Official Homepage
• Official Indian Premier League Site

References

1. Etymology
2. "Kolkata Knight Riders Squad". Cricinfo. 2008-03-14. Retrieved 2008-03-14.
3. "Shoaib sued by PCB and sacked by IPL". The Guardian. 2008-04-03. Retrieved 2008-04-10.
4. "Mott heads to Kolkata as Buchanan's IPL assistant". Cricifo. 2008-03-26. Retrieved 2006-03-26.
5. ^ "Leipus, Le Roux for Team Calcutta". The Telegraph. 2008-02-21. Retrieved 2008-02-21.
6. "Buchanan son to join support staff". The Telegraph. 2008-04-08. Retrieved 2008-04-08.

• Indian Premier League teams
• Kolkata
• 2008 in cricket