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| League | Women's Indian Premier League |
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| Personnel | |
| Captain | Veda Krishnamurthy |
| Coach | Wasim Jaffer |
| Owner | Knight Riders Sports PVT LTD |
| Team information | |
| City | Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Colours |  |
| Founded | 2018 |
| Home ground | Eden Gardens, Kolkata |
| Capacity | 68,000 |
The Kolkata Knight Riders (also known by the acronym KKR) are a franchise cricket team representing the city of Kolkata in the Indian Premier League. The franchise is owned by Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan, actress Juhi Chawla and her spouse Jay Mehta and Mangal Lodha owner of Lodha Group. The team is currently captained by Veda Krishnamurthy and coached by Wasim Jaffer. The home of the Knight Riders is Eden Gardens, the largest cricket stadium in India and the second largest in the world by seating capacity.
The official theme of the team is Korbo, Lorbo, Jeetbo Re (we will act, fight and win!) and the official colours are purple and gold.
Franchise history
In 2017, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) created the cricket tournament Women's Indian Premier League based on the Twenty20 form of the game.Eight teams would participate in the inaugural tournament held in July – August of the same year. The teams representing the eight different cities of India were put up on auction in Vizag on 20 March. The team representing Kolkata was eventually bought by Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan's company Red Chillies Entertainment in partnership with actress Juhi Chawla and her husband Jay Mehta and Mangal Lodha owner of Lodha Group .
Livery
Initially, when Kolkata Knight Riders were first introduced in 2008, the logo of the team consisted of a blazing golden Viking helmet against a black background with the name of the team written in gold next to it. However, the black background was changed to purple in the third season. It was in 2012 that the current logo, which has a blazig purple Corinthian helmet trimmed with gold, with Kolkata Knight Riders written within a shield was introduced.
The tagline of the team was "All the King's Men" during the first four seasons. However, in the fifth it was replaced by "New Dawn, New Knights". The team's official colours were black and gold during the first two seasons. At the time, Khan said that "golden symbolizes spirit of life and black presents the Goddess Kali." It was later changed to purple and gold during the third season and was kept so. The jersey was created by Bollywood fashion designer Manish Malhotra.
The main theme of the team Korbo, Lorbo, Jeetbo Re (we will act, fight and win!) was scored by Vishal-Shekhar duo. A Knight Riders album featuring several singers and music composers including Usha Uthup and Bappi Lahiri was also created.The new theme along with the old one was introduced in 2015.The new theme is Go for more.
Home ground
The home venue of the Knight Riders is the iconic Eden Gardens (with the two ends of the crease called the High Court End and the Club House End). Owned by the Cricket Association of Bengal, it is the largest cricket stadium in India and had a seating capacity of over 90,000. In 2011, the stadium was renovated to meet the standards set by the ICC for the 2011 Cricket World Cup; reducing its capacity to around 68,000. The renovated stadium includes a new clubhouse and players' facilities, upgrading the exterior wall, cladding the existing roof structure with a new metal skin, and general infrastructure improvements. In 2013, two of the team's home matches were hosted by the JSCA International Cricket Stadium in Ranchi.
Panoramic view of the Eden Gardens stadium during IPL 2008
Sponsors and partners
Players
Veda Krishnamurthy, is captain of the Kolkata Knight Riders was the icon player and led the franchise in the 2018 seasons.
Administration and support staff
- Owners – Shahrukh Khan (Red Chillies Entertainment) - 55% shareholder, in partnership with Jay Mehta and Juhi Chawla (Mehta Group) - 45% shareholder
- CEO and Managing Director – Venky Mysore
- Director – Joy Bhattacharya
- Head coach – Jacques Kallis
- Assistant coach – Simon Katich
- Bowling coach and mentor – Lakshmipathy Balaji
- Fielding Coach – Mark Boucher
- Physiotherapist – Andrew Leipus
- Physical trainer – Adrian Le Roux
- Data & video analyst – AR Srikkanth
- Head coaches
- John Buchanan - 2008–2009
- Dav Whatmore - 2010–2011
- Trevor Bayliss - 2012–2015
- Jacques Kallis - 2016–present
Statistics
Overall results
| Year | Played | Wins | Losses | Tied | NR | Win % | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Abandoned matches are counted as NR (no result)
- Win or loss by super over or boundary count are counted as tied.
See also
References
- "Kolkata Knight Riders unveil new look, new logo". NDTV. 14 February 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
- ^ "King Khan launches Kolkata Knight Riders". Yahoo. 11 March 2008. Archived from the original on 16 March 2008. Retrieved 11 March 2008.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - "Kolkata Knightriders launched amidst gloom". Hindustan Times. 11 March 2008. Retrieved 11 March 2008.
- "No new videos for IPL teams!". Oneindia.in. 24 February 2010. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
- Eden Gardens | India | Cricket Grounds | ESPN Cricinfo. Content-ind. cricinfo.com. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
- "Kolkata's Eden Gardens stadium gets a new look for Cricket World Cup 2011". World Interior Design Network. Archived from the original on 16 June 2010. Retrieved 10 June 2010.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - "B-school boy gets back to the game". The Economic Times. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
- "Shahrukh Khan's 'Red Chillies' appoints Venky Mysore as CEO". The Economic Times. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
- "KKR appoint Venky Mysore as CEO". Mumbai. 24 September 2010. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
- "Data Cruncher: AR Srikkanth, Video Analyst, Kolkata Knight Riders". The Economic Times. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
- "Dav Whatmore profile". Retrieved 31 May 2012.
- Kallis appointed Knight Riders head coach
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