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Kolkata Knight Riders
Kolkata Knight Riders, a cricket franchise abbreviated as
KKR, is representing Kolkata in IPL. The team is owned by Red Chillies
Entertainment of Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan in a partnership with Mehta
Group that is owned by actress Juhi chawla and her husband Jay Mehta.
In 2008, BCCI launched auction of eight different cricket
franchises in Mumbai where eight teams representing different Indian Cities
were brought for auction in February 2008. A team from city Kolkata was brought
for auction and the bid was won by the Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan’s company
Red Chillies Entertainment in partnership with Mehta Group for $75.09 million.
Currently the captain of the team is Gautam Gambhir and the
team is coached by Trevor Bayliss, who is a former Australian cricketer. Wasim
Akram is the bowling consultant and instructor of the team. Initially Saurav
Ganguly was the team’s captain and an Icon Player named Bengal Tiger, Dada of
the team for the first three seasons of IPL. The team KKR won first title of champion
of IPL in 2012 by defeating CSK by 5 wicketsat their home ground Chennai.
The official theme and slogan of the team is Korbo, Lorbo,
Jeetbo Re (we will do it, fight for it). Purple and gold is its official
colors. While the current estimated brand value of KKR is $57.5 million in
2011. During the first three seasons the team performance was not satisfactory
and the team remained controversial and was not good at field. But later from
fourth season it emerged as a new one and played well and started its up
sloping on the performance graph. They won the IPL title for the first time in
2012. The leading batsman is Gautam Gambhir while the best bowler of the team
is Laksjmipathy Balaji. Eden Gardens is the home of Kolkata Knight Riders that
is the largest Indian stadium also included among one of the largest stadiums
of the Asia.
KKR made a good start in 2008, the first season of IPL. They
won 6 out of 14 matches where one match abandoned due to rain. KKR won their
first match against RCB by 140 runs and second against Deccan charges by 5
wickets. But later they had to face failure in four big matches. They could not
qualify for semifinal. The next season in 2009 proved worst for the team as
they had to face defeat in 10 out of 13 matches and drooped at bottom in team
performance chart. They gave a good start in next season of IPL 2010 by winning
two successive matches. This season they made 7 wins and 7 lose by the
percentage of 50%. With a slight improvement they ended up the season by
dropping at 6 out of eight teams.
2011 was a bit better year for the KKR as it was a mixture
of victory and defeat. They won 8 matches and lost 7 and reached the Play offs,
they ended the season by placing at number 4. They also qualified Champions
League T20 2011. The team proved themselves during the IPL season in 2012 by
winning 12 out of 17 matches, one match abandoned due to rain. KKR were the
champions of year 2012 IPL and qualified for 2012 Champions League T20.
Finnish multinational communication corporation- Nokia is
the official brand ambassador of the team KKR and Reebok is their official
appeal sponsor. KKR have 18 highest sponsors among all teams some of the
sponsor include SB Nation. Kitkat, Dish TV. And associate sponsors include
Amity University, Coca Kola, Gitanjali Group and Doublemint.
Team main players include Sourav Ganguly. Chris Gayle, David
Hussey, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Angelo Mathews, Wicket keeper and batsman Bredon
McCullum, Wriddhiman Saha. The leading bowlers include Shane Bond, Ishant
Sherma, Ashok Dinda, Ajit Agerker and Muhali Karthik. in 2012 the team KKR
released four players from the team Iresh Saxena, Chirag Jani, Sanju Samson and
Jaydev Undkat. In 2013 the team brought Sachithra
Kings XI Punjab
Kings XI Punjab is an Indian Premier League franchise which
represent Punjab, India. KXIP is owned by Bollywood Actress Preity Zinta, Karan
Paul (Apeejay Surendera Group) and Mohit Burman of Dabur.Kings XI Punjab's
franchise was acquired by $76
million.Australian cricketer Adam Gilchrist is captain for KXIp while Darren
Lehmann is head coach for Kings XI Punjab. Bollywood singer Daler Mehndi is the
brand ambassador for Kings Xi Punjab. PCA Stadium, Mohali is the home ground
for Kings XI Punjab.In the 2008 IPL KXIP won its 10 matches out of 15 and qualified
for semi-finals but didnot make it to the finals.In opening season of IPL Shaun
Marsh was the highest run scorer with an average of 68.44 and a strike rate of
139.68 in 11 innings. His innings included 1 century and 5 half-centuries.
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