Kolkata Knight Riders’ (KKR) performance last year
The team did start with a bang. With Brendon Mc Cullum from New Zealand beating Dravid’s men black and blue, Kolkata Knight Riders started on a high note. The team also managed to take away way few of the following IPL matches. However, the team failed to keep up the high expectations set by them as the IPL T20 series progressed and finally weren’t able to make it to top 4 for semi finals. The failure was attributed to factors like absence of Australian players and Shoaib Akhtar in all the matches along with many other reasons.
Kolkata Knight Riders’ (KKR) News...
The team had to hog the lime light. No doubts that. A team owned by Shah Rukh Khan along with Juhi Chawla and her husband, led by Sourav Ganguly and followed by West Bengal couldn’t have just remained low profile. The first fingers were raised when SRK was found breaking the rules by supporting the team down to the ground. The debate was about to cool down when there were blames by Shane Warne on Sourav Ganguly for arriving late to pitch, when the team locked horns with Rajasthan Royals. There were also rumours that Umar Gul had said that Ganguly does not know to lead.
All this was in IPL Season 1. But for Kolkata Knight Riders’ (KKR) IPL Season 2 is no different. The team is already in lime light for the off field tension due to multiple captaincy theory advocated by John Buchanan. The issue was about to get resolved amicably when SRK and the Indian cricketing legend Sunil Gavaskar went in for war of words.
The odds this year...
The Kolkata Knight Riders’ (KKR) team may not have performed well last year, but this year it stands a fair chance to make it to last four, given the fact that it missed the spot by fraction last year. However, we keep our fingers crossed on such deductions. After all a team with such a calibre deserves to be there and on the top of that who does not the IPL to retain its glamour quotient by having owners like Shah Rukh Khan in fray???
Some Quick Facts on Kolkata Knight Riders’ (KKR):
Team Coach: John Buchanan
Owner: Shah Rukh Khan, Juhi Chawala and Jay Mehta
Captain: Sourav Ganguly
The Kolkata Knight Rider Team for 2009:
Sourav Ganguly: Left hand batsman, Right medium
Ishant Sharma: Right hand batsman, Right medium
Chris Gayle: Left hand batsman, Off break
Brendon McCullum: Right hand batsman, Wicket keeper
David Hussey: Right hand batsman, Off break
Shoaib Akhtar: Right hand batsman, Right arm fast bowler
Ricky Ponting: Right hand batsman, Off break, Right medium
Ajit Agarkar: Right hand batsman, Right arm fast medium
Murali Kartik: Left hand batsman, Slow left-arm orthodox
Umar Gul: Right hand batsman, Right arm fast medium
Tatenda Taibu: Right hand batsman, Right medium, Wicketkeeper
Salman Butt: Left hand batsman, Off break
Md Hafeez: Right hand batsman, Off break
Iqbal Abdulla: Slow left-arm orthodox
Siddarth Kaul: Right hand batsman, Right arm medium
Akash Chopra: Right hand batsman, Right arm medium
Cheteshwar Pujara: Right hand batsman, Leg break
Yashpal Singh: Right hand batsman, Right arm medium
Laxmi Ratan Shukla: Right hand batsman, Right arm medium
Sourashish Lahiri: Right hand batsman, Right arm offbreak
Rohan Banerjee: Left hand batsman, Right arm medium
Debabrata Das: Right hand batsman, leg break googly
W P Saha : Right hand batsman, Wicketkeeper
Ranadeb Bose: Right-arm fast-medium bowling
Ashok Dinda: Right-arm medium-fast bowling
Strengths:
Top seed foreign players
Aggressive leadership of Sourav Ganguly backed by experience of Ricky Pointing
In form Mc Cullum and Gayle
A great bench consisting of promising players.
Weaknesses:
Pakistani players may noe be allowed for IPL Season 2
Apparent ridge between the coach and captain
Sourav’s own performance will be under scanner.
The team will lock horns on...
The Kolkata Knight Riders' match schedule
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