Kolkata Knight Riders Squad

Kolkata Knight Riders Squad



Sourav Ganguly
Captain

Age 35 years 285 days

Batting Left-hand bat
Bowling Right-arm medium





Siddarth Kaul

Age 17 years 335 days

Batting Right-hand bat
Bowling Right-arm medium




Ajit Agarkar

Age 30 years 136 days

Batting Right-hand bat
Bowling Right-arm fast-medium





Rohan Banerjee

Age 19 years 130 days

Playing role Opening batsman
Batting Left-hand bat
Bowling Right-arm medium




Aakash Chopra

Age 30 years 212 days

Batting Right-hand bat
Bowling Right-arm medium, Right-arm offbreak





Debabrata Das

Age 21 years 209 days

Batting Right-hand bat
Bowling Legbreak googly




Ashok Dinda

Age 24 years 24 days

Batting Right-hand bat
Bowling Right-arm medium-fast





Chris Gayle

Age 28 years 210 days

Playing role Batsman
Batting Left-hand bat
Bowling Right-arm offbreak




David Hussey

Age 30 years 278 days

Playing role Lower middle order batsman
Batting Right-hand bat
Bowling Right-arm offbreak





Iqbal Abdulla

Age 18 years 138 days

Batting Left-hand bat
Bowling Slow left-arm orthodox




Murali Kartik

Age 31 years 220 days

Batting Left-hand bat
Bowling Slow left-arm orthodox





Saurasish Lahiri

Age 26 years 222 days

Batting Right-hand bat
Bowling Right-arm offbreak




Brendon McCullum
Wicketkeeper

Age 26 years 204 days

Playing role Wicketkeeper batsman
Batting Right-hand bat





Mohammad Hafeez

Age 27 years 184 days

Batting Right-hand bat
Bowling Right-arm offbreak




Ricky Ponting

Age 33 years 121 days

Playing role Higher middle order batsman
Batting Right-hand bat
Bowling Right-arm medium





Cheteshwar Pujara

Age 20 years 84 days

Playing role Batsman
Batting Right-hand bat
Bowling Legbreak




Prasanta Saha

Age 23 years 177 days

Batting Right-hand bat





Salman Butt

Age 23 years 194 days

Playing role Batsman
Batting Left-hand bat
Bowling Right-arm offbreak




Ishant Sharma

Age 19 years 229 days

Playing role Bowler
Batting Right-hand bat
Bowling Right-arm fast-medium





Laxmi Shukla

Age 26 years 348 days

Batting Right-hand bat
Bowling Right-arm medium




Tatenda Taibu
Wicketkeeper

Age 24 years 340 days

Batting Right-hand bat
Bowling Right-arm offbreak





Umar Gul

Age 24 years 4 days

Batting Right-hand bat
Bowling Right-arm fast-medium




Yashpal Singh

Age 26 years 143 days

Batting Right-hand bat
Bowling Right-arm medium





Shoaib Akhtar
Withdrawn player

Age 32 years 249 days

Batting Right-hand bat
Bowling Right-arm fast




John Buchanan
Coach

Age 55 years 13 days

Playing role Batsman
Batting Right-hand bat
Bowling Right-arm medium

Kolkata Knight Riders v Deccan Chargers

The Big Picture

The match-up between two power-packed batting line-ups has the makings of a potential classic. The Kolkata Knight Riders have started off their campaign by running roughshod over the Bangalore Royal Challengers, but will now have to contend with the Deccan Chargers, a crack outfit born from clever buys in the IPL auctions. Brendon McCullum's astonishing assault in Bangalore brought team-owner Shah Rukh Khan to his feet, and may serve as a rallying call to Kolkata's passionate supporters. With 100,000 plus spectators set to be at the ground, this is the showpiece event of the first week.

Watch out for ...

... some exhilarating batting, especially from trans-Tasman foes turned team-mates. McCullum peppered the stands with 13 sixes on his way to an unbeaten 158, the highest score in domestic Twenty20s, and will be looking to repeat his heroics. If he fails, Kolkata have Ricky Ponting and David Hussey, as destructive as any on their day.

Adam Gilchrist and Andrew Symonds, the second-most expensive player in the tournament, are set to give Hyderabad the impetus at the top order. Scott Styris, an effortless player when he gets in the groove, is a strong presence in the Hyderabad line-up, and local flavour may be provided by the talented Rohit Sharma. Hyderabad have some allround options: Symonds and Styris can slow down the run-rate and Nuwan Zoysa is capable off big strokes to go with his left-arm medium-pace.

Team news

Hyderabad will be without the services of Herschelle Gibbs (representing the Cape Cobras in the Pro20 semi-final in South Africa) and Shahid Afridi, who is in Pakistan's squad for the Twenty20 match against Bangladesh. Ravi Teja, the right-hand batsman who had an impressive debut in the recently concluded Ranji season, is rated by assistant coach Kanwaljeet Singh as a "brilliant prospect." He is expected to open the batting with the explosive Gilchrist, and it will be interesting to see how he fares against Ishant Sharma. Opening the bowling with RP Singh will be either Chaminda Vaas or Zoysa. Pragyan Ojha is a specialist spinning option, while the third seamers slot could be a toss-up between Sanjay Bangar and D Kalyankrishna. Bangar may get a game if Hyderabad decide to add depth to their batting order. Hyderabad will decide on the final composition of their line-up once Vaas and Chamara Silva join the squad tonight after flying in from Sri Lanka.

Hyderabad (probable) 1 Adam Gilchrist, 2 Ravi Teja, 3 VVS Laxman (capt), 4 Andrew Symonds, 5 Scott Styris, 6 Rohit Sharma, 7 Venugopal Rao, 8 Nuwan Zoysa/Chaminda Vaas, 9 Sanjay Bangar/D Kalyankrishna, 10 RP Singh, 11 Pragyan Ojha.

Kolkata are likely to retain the same squad that played in Bangalore, with Chris Gayle staying back in the West Indies with a groin strain picked up during the third ODI against Sri Lanka. "He [Gayle] is out for a fortnight at least," a spokesman for the Knight Riders told the Telegraph. Also, Wriddhiman Saha showcased his capability behind the stumps, and Kolkata may want to continue to play McCullum purely as a batsman.

Kolkata (probable) 1 Sourav Ganguly (capt), 2 Brendon McCullum, 3 Ricky Ponting, 4 David Hussey, 5 Mohammad Hafeez, 6 Laxmi Rattan Shukla, 7 Wriddhiman Saha (wk), 8 Ajit Agarkar, 9 Ashok Dinda, 10 Murali Kartik, 11 Ishant Sharma.

Stats and trivia

Symonds, at 187.05, has the best-ever strike-rate in domestic Twenty20s Rohit is the only Indian to have a domestic Twenty20 hundred under his belt Hussey is the fourth-highest run-getter in domestic Twenty20s, and that explains his $635,000 price tag To go along with his century yesterday, McCullum now holds the record for the most number of sixes in an innings RP Singh was the joint second-highest wicket-taker in the World Twenty20 last year Quotes "I have a personal rapport with all the players and keep interacting with them. It should be comparatively easier for me to handle any situation on the field." Laxman reveals all is well within the Hyderabad camp "Being an actor, I have always thought every thing in larger-than-life perspective. Knight Riders' matches will also be no exception" Shah Rukh adds to the build-up

DLF Indian Premier League

The Indian Premier League known as the DLF Indian Premier League, is a Twenty20 cricket competition created by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and sanctioned by the International Cricket Council. The first edition of the Indian Premier League starts on 18 April 2008.

Indian Premier League is the real hot topic in today’s cricket. Many people from around the world have already become fans of this league and are wondering how to watch this Tournament. But only a few countries are telecasting this league as it is not played in many countries.

Recently I observed that there are many people who are searching about how to watch the Indian Premier League in their country.

In the sub-continent Indian Premier League will be broadcasted by the Set group in the Sony Maxx channel.

Channel ten will be broadcasting the Indian Premier League in Australia. The English people have been opposing the Indian Premier League and hence the sky sports people have not come forward to broadcast the Indian Premier League. This gave a chance for the Setanta sports to Broadcast IPL in UK.

IPL is all set start from the 18th of this month. The first match is scheduled between Mumbai Indian and Kolkata Knight Riders at the Bangalore Chinnaswamy stadium. The Rivalery among the Indian Premier League teams is increasing day by day.

# Mumbai Indians



# Bangalore Royal Challengers


# Deccan Chargers


# Chennai Super Kings


# Delhi Daredevils


# Kings XI Punjab


# Kolkata Knight Riders


# Rajasthan Royals