kolkatta-knight riders

Kolkata Knight Riders 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 Dav Whatmore. 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 purple 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.^[1]The team being very talented, don't perform well and had it's position on the bottom of the table in IPL 2009.

current squad

Batsmen Owais Shah Manoj Tiwary Brad Hodge Abbas Ali Cheteshwar Pujara Harsh Khadiwale Chirag Pathak All Rounders Sourav Ganguly(Captain) Laxmi Ratan Shukla David Hussey Mandeep Singh Mashrafe Bin Mortaza Chris Gayle Angelo Mathews Rohan Gavaskar Ganapathi Vignesh Harpreet Singh

Wicket Keepers Wriddhiman Saha Brendon McCullum Bowlers Ashok Dinda Murali Kartik Shane Bond Ishant Sharma Ajantha Mendis Charl Langeveldt Ajit Agarkar Iqbal Abdullah Eklakh Ahmed Varun Aaron Mohnish Parma