Date Opponent Venue Result
March 12 Deccan Chargers Hyderabad
March 14 Royal Challengers Bangalore Kolkata
March 16 Chennai Super Kings Kolkata
March 20 Rajasthan Royals Ahmedabad
March 22 Mumbai Indians Mumbai / Nagpur
March 25 Delhi Daredevils Kolkata
March 27 Kings XI Punjab Mohali
March 29 Delhi Daredevils Delhi
April 1 Deccan Chargers Kolkata
April 4 Kings XI Punjab Kolkata
April 10 Royal Challengers Bangalore Bangalore
April 13 Chennai Super Kings Chennai
April 17 Rajasthan Royals Kolkata
April 19 Mumbai Indians Kolkata
Friday, December 18, 2009
Players
Batsmen
* 14 Australia Ricky Ponting
* 17 Australia Brad Hodge
* 11 India Aakash Chopra
* 22 India Debabrata Das
Wicket Keepers
* 42 New Zealand Brendon McCullum(Captain)
* 76 South Africa Morne van Wyk
* 06 India Wriddhiman Saha
Bowlers
* 55 Pakistan Umar Gul
* 29 India Ishant Sharma
* 40 Sri Lanka Ajantha Mendis
* 02 India Ashok Dinda
* 25 India Murali Kartik
* 67 South Africa Charl Langeveldt
* -- India Mohnish Parmar
All Rounders
* 45 British West Indies Chris Gayle
* 08 Australia David Hussey
* 40 Bangladesh Mashrafe Bin Mortaza
* 68 India Ajit Agarkar
* 01 India Sourav Ganguly
* 07 India Laxmi Ratan Shukla
* 21 Australia Moises Henriques
* 69 Sri Lanka Angelo Mathews
* -- India Iqbal Abdullah
* -- India Sachin Rana
Coaches
* Head Coach: Dave Whatmore
* Bowling Coach: Pakistan Wasim Akram
* Physiotherapist: Australia Andrew Leipus
* Physical Trainer: Adrian Le Roux
* Physical Trainer: Australia Michael Buchanan
Former players
* Pakistan Salman Butt
* Pakistan Mohammad Hafeez
* Pakistan Shoaib Akhtar
* Zimbabwe Tatenda Taibu ( Wicketkeeper-Batsman)
* 14 Australia Ricky Ponting
* 17 Australia Brad Hodge
* 11 India Aakash Chopra
* 22 India Debabrata Das
Wicket Keepers
* 42 New Zealand Brendon McCullum(Captain)
* 76 South Africa Morne van Wyk
* 06 India Wriddhiman Saha
Bowlers
* 55 Pakistan Umar Gul
* 29 India Ishant Sharma
* 40 Sri Lanka Ajantha Mendis
* 02 India Ashok Dinda
* 25 India Murali Kartik
* 67 South Africa Charl Langeveldt
* -- India Mohnish Parmar
All Rounders
* 45 British West Indies Chris Gayle
* 08 Australia David Hussey
* 40 Bangladesh Mashrafe Bin Mortaza
* 68 India Ajit Agarkar
* 01 India Sourav Ganguly
* 07 India Laxmi Ratan Shukla
* 21 Australia Moises Henriques
* 69 Sri Lanka Angelo Mathews
* -- India Iqbal Abdullah
* -- India Sachin Rana
Coaches
* Head Coach: Dave Whatmore
* Bowling Coach: Pakistan Wasim Akram
* Physiotherapist: Australia Andrew Leipus
* Physical Trainer: Adrian Le Roux
* Physical Trainer: Australia Michael Buchanan
Former players
* Pakistan Salman Butt
* Pakistan Mohammad Hafeez
* Pakistan Shoaib Akhtar
* Zimbabwe Tatenda Taibu ( Wicketkeeper-Batsman)
History : Kolkata Knight Riders
Kolkata Knight Riders (Bengali: কলকাতা নাইট রাইডর্স) (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, and coached by Matthew Mott. Sourav Ganguly is the team's Icon Player. 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 black and gold. As per the study done by leading brand valuation companies, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) are ranked the most valuable franchise brand at US$42.1million. Celebrity co-owner Shah Rukh Khan’s hard-selling of the KKR brand has counteracted the team’s poor on-field performance.
Knight Riders is one the 8 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, 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 Ganguly 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 2008 season. 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.
There were reports of a rift between Shahrukh Khan and Sourav Ganguly over various issues such as team composition, Sourav'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 Sourav to speak to the West Bengal Chief Minister, Buddhadeb Bhattacharya about it, which was refused by Sourav).[5] 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 Sourav. 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.
Financially, the Knight Riders were easily the most successful franchise in the IPL, achieving a profit of Rs. 13 crore.
ABOUT SECOND YEAR(2009)
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. Rumors are that John Buchanan wanted Ganguly out. First, he floated a series of theories discussing "multiple-captains" before completely undermining Ganguly's captaincy. Soon thereafter, a blog popped up on the web whose author is an anonymous blogger, who claims to be a member of the team and seems determined to reveal every team secret, warts and all. The posts describe what the blogger claims are team meetings, arguments between coach and team members, post-match parties and pre-match strategy.[9] More controversy arose when there were accusations of a racial rift between KKR coaches and players.
Knight Riders is one the 8 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, 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 Ganguly 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 2008 season. 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.
There were reports of a rift between Shahrukh Khan and Sourav Ganguly over various issues such as team composition, Sourav'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 Sourav to speak to the West Bengal Chief Minister, Buddhadeb Bhattacharya about it, which was refused by Sourav).[5] 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 Sourav. 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.
Financially, the Knight Riders were easily the most successful franchise in the IPL, achieving a profit of Rs. 13 crore.
ABOUT SECOND YEAR(2009)
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. Rumors are that John Buchanan wanted Ganguly out. First, he floated a series of theories discussing "multiple-captains" before completely undermining Ganguly's captaincy. Soon thereafter, a blog popped up on the web whose author is an anonymous blogger, who claims to be a member of the team and seems determined to reveal every team secret, warts and all. The posts describe what the blogger claims are team meetings, arguments between coach and team members, post-match parties and pre-match strategy.[9] More controversy arose when there were accusations of a racial rift between KKR coaches and players.
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