The Kolkata Knight Riders is geared up for IPL 2009. Last year, it was the most publicized team with advertisement campaigns flooding the media. It is also fondly known as Shah Rukh Khan’s team. Saurav Ganguly is the famed leader of this team. This duo has brought paramount publicity and brand value to the team. The team opened last years season with a thunder with Mc Cullum scoring over a century. It was the best opening a series could have.
Owner of the Team: Shah Rukh Khan / Juhi Chawla
Captain of the Team: Brendon McCullum
Coach of the Team: John Buchanan
Franchisee: Kolkata Knight Riders
Franchise cost: $75.09 million
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Sourav Ganguly
Aakash Chopra
Abhishek Banerjee
Aditya Dole
Ajantha Mendis
Ajit Agarkar
Ameya Shrikhande
Amit Das
Angelo Mathews
Anureet Singh
Anushtup Mazumdar
Arindam Ghosh
Ashok Dinda
Avik Chowdhury
Bhavin Thakkar
Brad Hodge
Brendon McCullum
Chetan Suryavanshi
Cheteshwar Pujara
Chris Gayle
David Hussey
Debabrata Das
Dhiran Salvi
Gaurav Chabbra
Gnaneswara Rao
Iqbal Abdulla
Ishant Sharma
Ishwar Chowdhury
Kshemal Waingankar
Laxmi Ratan Shukla
M Sanauth
Mark Cameron
Mashrafe Bin Mortaza
Mohnish Parmar
Moises Henriques
Murali Kartik
Murtaza Hussain
Nataraj Behara
P Prashant
Prashant Parmeshwar
Rajesh Verma
Ricky Ponting
Rohan Prem
S Niyaz
Sachin Rana
Sanjay Bangar
Sanjib Sanyal
Sanju Samson
Shatrunjay Gaekwad
Sheldon Jackson
Shoaib Sheikh
Sourav Sarkar
Sunny Singh
Vinit Indulkar
Wriddhiman Saha
Yashpal Singh |
