Kolkata Knight Riders, a franchise that represents the city of Joy, Kolkata. Kolkata Knight Riders is owned by Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan’s Red Chillies Entertainment in partnership with Juhi Chawla and her husband, Jai Mehta. This team is owned by Red Chillies Entertainment and the whole team is valued at US$75m million, and was bought on January 2008.
Joy Bhattacharjee is the CEO of the team and Sourav Ganguly, the captain of the team and also Icon Player for Kolkata. Coach of the team is John Buchanan, the former coach of Australia. Following are the players taken into the Kolkata Knight Riders team, with their bidding price.
- Sourav Ganguly (icon)
- Shoaib Akhtar (US$ 425,000)
- Ricky Ponting (US$ 400,000)
- Brendon McCullum (US$ 700,000)
- Chris Gayle (US$ 800,000)
- Ajit Agarkar (US$ 330,000)
- David Hussey (US$ 675,000)
- Ishant Sharma (US$ 950,000)
- Murali Kartik (US$ 425,000)
- Umar Gul (US$ 150,000)
- Tatenda Taibu (US$ 125,000)
Apart from these International players, there are a few National level players taken into the team, like Ashok Dinda, Ranadeb Bose, Murali Kartik, Ishant Sharma, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Cheteshwar Pujara and Yashpal Singh. Home Ground of team is Eden Gardens Stadium with capacity of 90,000.
Administration and coaching staff:
Owners – Shahrukh Khan, Juhi Chawla & Jai Mehta (Red Chillis Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.)
CEO – Joy Bhattacharjee
Coaches:
Head Coach – John Buchanan
Assistant Head Coach – Matthew Mott
Physiotherapist – Andrew Leipus
Physical Trainer – Adrian Le Roux, Michael Buchanan
The official theme of the team is Korbo, Lorbo, Jitbo Re (We will do it, Fight for it, Win it) and the official colors are black and gold.
John Buchanan an Australian has taken revenge on behalf of another Austrilian Greg Chappel by selecting Macculam as captain of kkr that is the only logical reason of not choosing Sourav as captain of kkr.
Dear Mr. Sharukh,
Have seen the yesterday’s match and could not resist to send some comments. Though I am sure this would not have any effect on you since you can made such comments on Gavaskar, whoc is considered to be the best Cricketer India has ever produced. All cricket lovers are aware of his depth and his capacity to read the game. but you are the owner so why should you go by his advice. He does not have the money like you.
It was inevitable Mr. Sharukh. You do’nt understand Cricket at all and you could not even depend on your best asset who knows every bit of it. He was there last year and therefore you could manage to reach quarter final. This year you are going to be the last in the list. Since you have depended on such a person who is concerned only about his name and not of your interest. These ugly aussies do not have emotions and they are only concerned about their money. And Mr. Sharukh, the most clever owner are in the trap.
You have given the captaincy to a new comer who is your best weapon. Your helmet has burdened his head and you and your John have put more wait on him. It is not that he is not capable to handle captaincy but in 20 : 20 pinch heaters should be free from all burdens. in case he starts thinking, result is in front of you. Your John can only be sacked but would not be able to give you back your aggression, your dream, your passion. Saurav would have been the best to provide you all these. Since you do not understand Cricket, could not understand the body language of your team. They were clueless of the happenings. Result you are aware.
You don’t understand Cricket and therefore did not check the record of John. He was successful only with aussies under captaincy of Steve. Australian Team at that time was unbeatable. With Mcgrath and Gillespie in the team, any coach can provide result but not with Dinda and Sharma. For that Saurav was there. Don’t forget 7 out of 11 players of present India Team is the product of Saurav. He has the capacity to boost the Juniors which your other players can do.
By your actions you have not only damaged your team but also your professional career. I was a fan of yours but henceforth I will not allow any cinema of yours in my home. if I would have the authority, could have stop release all of your movies in Bengal but fortunate for you that I don’t have that capacity.
Still time is there. Ask Saurav to take charge and give you the Trophy. He has the capacity to run the team towatds that and at least you can reach Semi Final. It was the worst show yeaterday and we do not like to see this any more since we are also from Kolkata and fan of yours.
dada i am big fan you are most succesful captain in the world you led kkr in3 ipl season all the best for you
sir i want to ask whether saurav ganguly is going to be captain of the team for IPL3 or not.he is a great player.He is the best captain of the INDIAN team till today.I want him to be the captain if KKR is going to win the IPL3.
Kkr must add more international bowler and a attacking indian opener i think, may be mcay, nannes,clarke,