Kolkata Knight Riders unveiled by Sourav Ganguly, Shah Rukh Khan
Australian John Buchanan formally joins as coach
Former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly, Bolywood stars Shah Rukh Khan And Juhi Chawla unveiled the team name and jerseys for Kolkata IPL – Kolkata Knight Riders is the name of the squad , which would have black and gold as its jersey and Bengal tiger Hoog Lee as its Mascot on Maarch 11.
Former Australian coach John Buchanan also joined the Kolkata Knight Riders as its
Coach.
Shah Rukh Khan said since his cricket knowledge wasn’t much, he has left that to Sourav Ganguly, the team’s icon player and John Buchanan to decide on the composition of the team.
Shah Rukh Khan said funds would come for Kolkata Knight Riders through ticket sales and merchandise.
Shah Rukh Khan has also roped in Reebok as the apparels and footwear sponsor for Kolkata Knight Riders.
Shah Rukh Khan said if the Kolkata Knight Riders made enough money, it would be used to build a platform for other sports including hockey, in a reference to the Indian hockey team’s fiasco, when it failed to qualify for Olympics.
Houding Development and Infrastructure, Tag Heuer, Belmonte and The Telegraph would be other sponsors of Kolkata Knight Riders.
The 15 member team would be picked from the following members contracted so far.
Only four foreigners can be part of the playing eleven.
Kolkata Knight Riders team members:
Shoaib Akhtar, Ricky Ponting, Chris Gayle, David Hussey, Brendon Mccullum, Umar Gul, Tatenda Taibu, Ajit Agarkar, Ishant Sharma, Lakshmi Ratan Shukla, R Saha, Sourashish Lahiri Rohan Bannerjee, Murali Kartik, Akash Chopra.
hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
mr khan h w r u????????????????????????????
u knw the 2008 ipl chpn is kolkata knight riders yes nd thts tre
I think that, the best team of ipl will be knights riders.Mr khan created the best team.We hope they should be win.lots of wishes for dada and his team.
I am sure Kolkata Knight Riders will win the Indian Premier League cricket tournament.
Good luck to my favorite team!
guy’s o live in london and am from calcutta i really think you shoould be getting merchandise out so people like me canfeel closer to our teams and show support.
u know sharukh,,, kolkata knight riderz are the champion of 2008 ipl
its an request that u put shoaib akhtar in the team.. he is a cricket star.. he can screw any other team..
wehere to get the jersey.. any place in mumbai .. i wanna a buy a jersey
Knight rider is a excellent team and the owner too we heads off to knight riders of kolkata and afcourse shahrukh khan
dhonis team kings x1 woulb the winners
haiiiiiiii
hey i am from chennai and i am a big supporter of knight rider team here in chennai there is match between cheenai super king and knight riders on 26th april i need the jersey of knight rider pls tell me where to but it plsssssssssss
All the Best Kinght Riders for forthcoming Matches