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Kolkata Knight Riders

File:KKR-logo.png
Personnel
Captain	Gautam Gambhir
Coach	Dav Whatmore
Owner	Shahrukh Khan Juhi Chawla Jai Mehta Red Chillies Entertainment
Team information
Colors	Template:Cr-IPL/Flags
Founded	2008
Home ground	Eden Gardens
Capacity	90,000
Official website	Kolkata Knight Riders

Kolkata Knight Riders (Template:Lang-bn; often abbreviated as KKR) is the franchise representing Kolkata in the Indian Premier League, a Twenty20 cricket tournament. Sourav Ganguly led the team in IPL1 and IPL3, Brendon McCullum in IPL2, and Gautam Gambhir in IPL4. Sourav Ganguly was the team's Icon Player for the first three seasons. The official theme of the team is Korbo, Lorbo, Jeetbo Re (Bengali for We will do it, Fight for it, Win it) and the official colors are purple and gold. As per the recent study done by a UK based brand valuation company, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) are ranked as the second most valuable franchise brand at US$46 million. Celebrity co-owner Shahrukh Khan’s hard-selling of the KKR brand has counteracted the team’s poor on-field performance through the first three seasons. They are the only team to have never made the semi-finals.

Franchise History

Kolkata Knight Riders is one of the 10 franchise teams 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 Jay Mehta for a price of USD 75.09 million.

2008 IPL Season

Performance

The Kolkata Knight Riders made a good start to the season by winning their first two matches against Royal Challengers Bangalore and Deccan Chargers. Kolkata Knight Riders' opening batsman Brendon McCullum scored 158 runs in the first match, which is a record for the most runs ever scored by a batsman in a Twenty-20 match. However, the team began to experience failures and lost the next four matches. The team managed to stage a comeback of sorts by winning the next three matches, helped by strong performances by Sourav Ganguly and Shoaib Akhtar. But their performance dipped again and they lost the next three matches. These included their match against Mumbai Indians, in which they were bowled out for 67 runs, the lowest score by a team in the IPL 2008 season. When their match against Delhi Daredevils was washed out due to rain, they lost any chance of making it to the semi finals. The Knight Riders ended their season on a winning note by defeating Kings XI Punjab on their home ground.

Controversy

There were reports of a rift between Shahrukh Khan and Sourav Ganguly over various issues such as team composition, Ganguly's choice of batting first in the game against Chennai Super Kings, entertainment tax being imposed for matches played at Eden Gardens (Shahrukh reportedly wanted Ganguly to speak to the West Bengal Chief Minister, Buddhadeb Bhattacharya about it, which was refused by Ganguly). It was also reported that Shahrukh Khan bestowed more powers to John Buchanan including giving him full powers to select the team for the following year which was not liked by Ganguly. However, the team management issued a statement that the reports of a possible rift are untrue.

Shahrukh Khan was further barred by the International Cricket Council Anti-Corruption Unit from entering the dressing room of the team when matches were in progress. Shahrukh Khan then issued a statement that he would be boycotting the remaining matches of the IPL till the code of conduct was clarified by the IPL authorities.

There were also speculations that Kolkata Knight Riders will shift its base from Kolkata to Ahmedabad because of the money demanded by the C.A.B. But after a meeting with Jagmohan Dalmiya, Shah Rukh Khan assured everyone that his team will stay in Kolkata.

In the 2011 edition of the IPL , Sourav Ganguly was not picked by the owner , Shahrukh Khan and team officials. This created a huge uproar in Kolkata where Sourav was called the, " Prince " . Fans were hurt and went on a protest march. However , due to the brilliant performance of the KKR team , which was newly built , the uproar came to an hault. KKR lies amongst the top of the teams after the completion of the mid season gameplay.

Financial

Financially, the Kolkata Knight Riders were easily the most successful franchise in the IPL, achieving a profit of Rs. 13 crore. Many say,this was solely due to the efforts of the advertising maestro, Shah Rukh Khan who supported and cheered for his team despite their dismal performance.Kolkata has a number of great franchisees such as Nokia and Matrix.

2009 IPL Season

Players

Kolkata Knight Riders was among the least active franchises during the offseason, with no player trades. However, the team signed Mohnish Parmar during the offseason and also re-signed Ajantha Mendis to a long term deal.

Controversy

The rift between Sourav Ganguly and Shahrukh Khan took a new turn as Ganguly was removed from the captaincy in the 11th hour and replaced by Brendon McCullum. Rumours are that John Buchanan wanted Ganguly out. First, he floated a series of theories discussing "multiple-captains" before Ganguly was removed. Soon thereafter, a blog popped up on the web whose author was an anonymous blogger, who claimed to be a member of the team and seemed determined to reveal every team secret, warts and all. The posts described what the blogger claims are team meetings, arguments between staff and team members, post-match parties and pre-match strategy. It created a lot of media frenzy and bad blood within the KKR, but was eventually found to be a fake.

KKR also set up a Talent Resource Development Wing (TRDW) in 2009 to spot local talent nationwide. This was based on BCCI's 2002-06 model which had discovered talents like MS Dhoni and Suresh Raina. The wing was headed by Makarand Wainganker, who had first initiated the TRDW concept for the KSCA. However, Wainganker eventually resigned after persistent disagreements with John Buchanan over team selection and Buchanan's "multiple captains" theory.

Cheer Leaders

They were the first team in IPL to select their cheer leaders by a talent hunt show called Knights and Angels, judged by Sourav Ganguly and Guest Star and hosted by Bollywood actor Purab Kohli. However, the winning team did not get a chance to perform at games during the 2009 season since local authorities only allowed South African cheerleaders to be used.

2010 Season

Players

The Kolkata Knight Riders traded Australian all-rounder Moises Henriques for Manoj Tiwary and Owais Shah. At the Player auctions they managed to successfully buy Shane Bond in the silent tie-breaker against competing bids from Deccan Chargers.

Performance

The Kolkata Knight Riders had a fantastic start to the season by beating Deccan Chargers and Royal Challengers Bangalore. That was followed by three consecutive defeats at the hands of Chennai Super Kings, Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians. The Knight Riders then had a roller-coaster ride in the tournament. After 11 games, they were required to win all their three remaining games to qualify for the semi-finals. A defeat at the MAC Stadium at the hands of Chennai Super Kings put paid to their chances. However, the Knight Riders made a decent comeback by beating the Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians in their last two games.

IPL 2011 KKR Fixtures

Each Team will play 14 games. The team would be playing home and away matches with five teams, away matches with two teams and home matches with two teams.

PERFORMANCE

MATCH 1:Kolkata lost the opening match of IPL 4 against Chennai Super Kings by 2 runs.
MATCH 2:They came back strongly & win by 9 runs against Deccan Chargers.
MATCH 3:KKR register an emphatic win over Rajasthan Royals by 9 wickets.
MATCH 4:KKR again beat Rajasthan Royals by 8 wickets.
MATCH 5:Lose by 6 runs against Kochi Tuskers Kerala.
MATCH 6:Chris Gayle's marvellous batting allows Royals Challengers Bangalore to win by 9 wickets.
MATCH 7:Beat Delhi Daredevils by 17 runs, excellent batting show from the local Manoj Tiwari.
MATCH 8:Thrashed Kings XI Punjab by 8 wickets.
MATCH 9:Devastating Yusuf Pathan leads KKR to a 20 run victory against Deccan Chargers.
MATCH 10:Lost to Kochi Tuskers Kerala by 17 runs.
MATCH 11:KKR beat Chennai Super Kings by 10 runs(D/L), 2nd MoM for Iqbal Abdullah.
MATCH 12:Yet to be played.
MATCH 13:Yet to be played.
MATCH 14:Yet to be played.

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Livery

The logo of the team consists 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 colours are purple and gold. The jersey was created by Bollywood fashion designer Manish Malhotra. The name Knight Riders has been chosen keeping in view the kids and the youth. The new anthem of the team has been composed by Salim- Suleiman and is crooned by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan. It was reported that Shakira will shake leg with Srk for the promotional video of the team for the year 2011

Players

Sourav Ganguly, the former captain of the Indian cricket team was the icon player and led the Kolkata franchise in the inaugural season 2008 and 2010. He was unceremoniously dumped when KKR released all the players and did not rebid for Sourav during the 2011 Jan auctions. The earlier team also included all rounders Chris Gayle, David Hussey, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Angelo Mathews, wicket keeper batsmen Brendon McCullum, Wriddhiman Saha. The main bowlers are Shane Bond, Ishant Sharma, Ashok Dinda, Ajit Agarkar and Murali Karthik. Australian batsman Bradley Hodge and Sri Lankan bowler Ajantha Mendis were bought outside IPL Auction on 2008. On IPL Auction 2009 Team bought Bangladeshi All-Rounder Mashrafe Mortaza. Team also includes Charl Langeveldt who was signed outside of Auction. Due to unavailability of Pakistani players in 2009 KKR had to suspend contract of key performer from the 2008 season Umar Gul.

On 26 April 2009, KKR administration sent back two of its players Akash Chopra and Sanjay Bangar on the premises of poor performance. But there was high media speculation that one or both of them have been caught or strongly suspected of being the "Fake IPL Player" responsible for the blog which had been creating ripples with inside information on KKR team. Shane Bond is the latest KKR acquisition after releasing Ricky Ponting, Morne van Wyk, Umar Gul, Salman Butt, Mohammed Hafeez, Shoaib Akhtar for IPL III. Moises Henriques was traded to Delhi in return for Owais Shah and Manoj Tiwary. Their international players for the 2010 season are - Shane Bond, Mashrafe Mortaza, Brendon McCullum, Charl Langeveldt, Ajantha Mendis, Angelo Mathews, Brad Hodge, David Hussey, Owais Shah & Chris Gayle.

Sourav Ganguly is no longer part of the KKR franchise after the IPL 2011 auction. This has created quite a buzz online with lot of people using Social media tools to display their anger. Shah Rukh wants to get back his former captain in the team but in a different role.

Current squad

Template:Kolkata Knight Riders Roster

Old squad

Administration

• Owners - Shahrukh Khan, Juhi Chawla & Jai Mehta (Red Chillies Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.)
• CEO — Venky Mysore

Fixtures and results

Overall results

2008 season

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No.	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result
1	18 April	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Bangalore	Won by 140 runs, MoM - Brendon McCullum – 158* (73)
2	20 April	Deccan Chargers	Kolkata	Won by 5 wickets, MoM – David Hussey – 38*
3	26 April	Chennai Super Kings	Chennai	Lost by 9 wickets
4	29 April	Mumbai Indians	Kolkata	Lost by 7 wickets
5	1 May	Rajasthan Royals	Jaipur	Lost by 45 runs
6	3 May	Kings XI Punjab	Mohali	Lost by 9 runs
7	8 May	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Kolkata	Won by 5 runs, MoM – Sourav Ganguly – 20 (22) and 1/7 (3 overs)
8	11 May	Deccan Chargers	Hyderabad	Won by 23 runs, MoM – Sourav Ganguly – 91 (57), 2/25 (4 overs) and 2 catches
9	13 May	Delhi Daredevils	Kolkata	Won by 23 runs, MoM – Shoaib Akhtar – 4/11 (3 overs)
10	16 May	Mumbai Indians	Mumbai	Lost by 8 wickets
11	18 May	Chennai Super Kings	Kolkata	Lost by 3 runs (decided by D/L method due to rain interruption)
12	20 May	Rajasthan Royals	Kolkata	Lost by 6 wickets
13	22 May	Delhi Daredevils	Delhi	Match abandoned due to rain
14	25 May	Kings XI Punjab	Kolkata	Won by 3 wickets, MoM – Umar Gul – 4/23 (4 overs) and 24 (11)

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2009 season

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Date	Opponent	Venue	Result
19 April	Deccan Chargers	Cape Town	Lost by 8 wickets
21 April	Kings XI Punjab	Durban	Won by 11 runs (D/L Method), MoM – Chris Gayle – 44* (26)
23 April	Rajasthan Royals	Port Elizabeth	Lost by 3 runs in Super Over
25 April	Chennai Super Kings	Cape Town	Match abandoned due to intermittent rain
27 April	Mumbai Indians	Port Elizabeth	Lost by 92 runs
29 April	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Durban	Lost by 5 wickets
1 May	Mumbai Indians	Durban	Lost by 9 runs
3 May	Kings XI Punjab	East London	Lost by 6 wickets
5 May	Delhi Daredevils	Durban	Lost by 9 wickets
10 May	Delhi Daredevils	Johannesburg	Lost by 7 Wickets
12 May	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Pretoria	Lost by 6 wickets
16 May	Deccan Chargers	Port Elizabeth	Lost by 6 wickets
18 May	Chennai Super Kings	Pretoria	Won by 7 wickets MoM- Bradley Hodge 71*(44)
20 May	Rajasthan Royals	Durban	Won by 4 wickets MoM- Laxmi Shukla 48*(46)

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2010 season

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Date	Opponent	Venue	Result
12 March	Deccan Chargers	Navi Mumbai	Won by 11 runs MoM- Angelo Mathews 65*(46)
14 March	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Kolkata	Won by 7 wickets MoM- Manoj Tiwary 50(29)
16 March	Chennai Super Kings	Kolkata	Lost by 55 runs
20 March	Rajasthan Royals	Ahmedabad	Lost by 34 runs
22 March	Mumbai Indians	Mumbai	Lost by 7 wickets
27 March	Kings XI Punjab	Mohali	Won by 39 Runs MoM- Manoj Tiwary 75(47)
29 March	Delhi Daredevils	Delhi	Lost by 40 Runs
1 April	Deccan Chargers	Kolkata	Won by 24 Runs MoM- Sourav Ganguly 88(54)
4 April	Kings XI Punjab	Kolkata	Lost by 8 wickets
7 April	Delhi Daredevils	Kolkata	Won by 14 runs MoM- Sourav Ganguly 56 (46)
10 April	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Bangalore	Lost by 7 wickets
13 April	Chennai Super Kings	Chennai	Lost by 9 wickets
17 April	Rajasthan Royals	Kolkata	Won by 8 wickets MoM- Jaydev Unadkat (3/26)
19 April	Mumbai Indians	Kolkata	Won by 9 wickets MoM- Murali Kartik( 2 catches and 2 wickets )

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2011 season

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Date	Opponent	Venue	Result
8 April	Chennai Super Kings	Chennai	Lost by 2 runs
11 April	Deccan Chargers	Kolkata	Won by 9 runs MoM- Jacques Kallis 54(42)
15 April	Rajasthan Royals	Jaipur	Won by 9 wickets MoM- Gautam Gambhir 75*(44)
17 April	Rajasthan Royals	Kolkata	Won by 8 wickets MoM- Lakshmipathy Balaji (3/15)
20 April	Kochi Tuskers Kerala	Kolkata	Lost by 6 runs
22 April	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Kolkata	Lost by 9 wickets
28 April	Delhi Daredevils	Delhi	Won by 17 runs MoM- Manoj Tiwary 61*(47)
30 April	Kings XI Punjab	Kolkata	Won by 8 wickets MoM- Iqbal Abdullah (2/19)
3 May	Deccan Chargers	Hyderabad	Won by 20 runs MoM- Yusuf Pathan 47*(26)
5 May	Kochi Tuskers Kerala	Kochi	Lost by 17 runs
7 May	Chennai Super Kings	Kolkata	Won by 10 runs(D/L) MoM- Iqbal Abdullah (1/15)
14 May	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Bengaluru	To be played
19 May	Pune Warriors India	Navi Mumbai	To be played
22 May	Mumbai Indians	Kolkata	To be played
Total			Overall Record of 7-4 with 3 matches yet to be played

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External links

• Official website

• Indian Premier League teams
• Kolkata