Kolkata Knight Riders is led by Gautham gambhir , the former captain of Delhi Daredevils .This franchise of IPL is owned by Indian film industry superstar Shahrukh Khan's Red Chillies Entertainment in partnership with actress
Juhi Chawla and her husband Jai Mehta.Shah Rukh Khan made maximum money in the first season of the IPL despite the fact that his team Kolkata Knight Riders failed to even reach the semi-finals.KKR is the only franchisee to have a television show to select cheerleaders for their home matches.
"Korbo, Lorbo, Jeetbo Re" (We will do it, Fight for it, Win it) is the official theme song of the Kolkata Knight Riders, which has been composed by the talented Vishal-Shekhar duo.The highest batting strike rate in the first edition of the IPL was that by Umar Gul whose primary role in the KKR is that of an opening bowler. He has a strike rate of 205.26.
Kolkata Knight Riders’ performance from the last three seasons of Indian Premier League has been below par with the team not even once making it into the semi finals.But , Hope for somehting Better this time in 2011 .
2008 IPL Season
Performance
The Kolkata Knight Riders had their start in the season by winning their first two matches against Royal Challengers Bangalore and Deccan Chargers. But , Later 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. Again , 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.[4] 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.
2009 IPL Season
Players
Kolkata Knight Riders was among the least active franchises during the offseason, with no player trades. But , the team have signed Mohnish Parmar during the offseason and also re-signed Ajantha Mendis to a long term deal.
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.
IPL 2011 In this edition of the IPL , Sourav Ganguly was not the captain for the team and the crowd really missed him .
Squad for 2011 IPL .
Owner | Shahrukh Khan & Others | |
Captain | Gautam Gambhir | |
Name of Player | Auction Price | Original Country |
Gautam Gambhir (Captain) | Rs. 11.04 Crore ($ 2,400,000) | India |
Yusuf Pathan | Rs. 9.66 Crore ($ 2,100,000) | India |
Jacques Kallis | Rs. 5 Crore ($ 1,100,000) | South Africa |
Lakshmipathy Balaji | Rs. 2.27 Crore ( $ 500,000) | India |
Manoj Tiwary | Rs. 2.2 Crore ($ 475,000) | India |
Shakib Al Hasan | Rs. 2 Crore($ 425,000) | Bangla Desh |
Brett Lee | Rs. 1.85 Crore ($ 400,000) | Australia |
Eoin Morgan | Rs. 1.60 Crore ($ 350,000) | England |
Brad Haddin | Rs. 1.50 Crore ($ 325,000) | Australia |
Jaidev Unadkat | Rs. 1.12 Crore ($ 250,000) | India |
Ryan ten Doeschate | Rs. 68.25 Lakh ($ 150,000) | Holland |
James Pattinson | Rs. 45 Lakh ( $ 100,000) | Australia |
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