| Kolkata Knight Riders Kolkata Knight Riders is the franchise representing Kolkata in the Indian Premier League. The team is led by Sourav Ganguly, who is also the Icon Player for the team, and coached by John 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. Kolkata Knight Riders is a franchise of the eight team Indian Premier League. It was bought by Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan's Red Chillies Entertainment in partnership with Juhi Chawla and her husband, Jai Mehta. The mascot of the Knight Riders is Hoog Lee, "a lazy Royal Bengal Tiger" who "loves to eat burgers" [1] Their logo consists of blazing golden viking helmet against a black background with the name of the team Kolkata Knight Riders written in gold. Sourav Ganguly, the former captain of the Indian cricket team is the icon player and led the Kolkata franchise. The team also includes the Australian captain Ricky Ponting, allrounder Chris Gayle and wicket keeper batsman Brendon McCullum. The main bowlers are Shoaib Akhtar, Ishant Sharma, Umar Gul. Others include Ajit Agarkar, Murali Karthik and David Hussey. |