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ins & outs – Kolkata Knight Riders

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  • Black and Gold are the colors for Kolkata Knight Riders. Black symbolizes Goddess Kali & Gold stands for Winning. The Viking Golden helmet is a symbol of their focus and commitment.
  • Shahrukh Khan, Jay Mehta and Juhi Chawla jointly own the Knight Riders team.
  • Manish Malhotra has designed the Kolkata Knight Rider jersey.
  • Hoog Lee is the mascot of the team, is a Royal Bengal Tiger, who like Burgers!!
  • Korbo Lorbo Jeetbore is the team theme song, created by Vishal –Shekhar duo.
  • Saurav Ganguly is the Icon player for the KKR.
  • Australian John Buchanan coaches the Kolkata Knight Riders.
  • Brendon McCullum is the captain for KKR for IPL 2009, replacing Saurav Ganguly who led in IPL 2008.
  • Australian Brad Hodge & Sri Lankan Ajantha Mendis were bought outside IPL Auction in 2008.
  • In IPL Auction 2009 Team bought Bangladeshi All-Rounder Mashrafe Mortaza.
  • Knight Riders’ opening batsman Brendon McCullum scored 158 runs in the first IPL T-20 match, which is the record for the highest runs ever scored by a batsman in a T-20 match.
  • KKR scored the least runs by a team in the IPL 2008 when they were bowled out for 67 runs by Mumbai Indians.
  • KKR were easily the most successful franchise in the IPL, achieving a profit of Rs. 13 crore for IPL 2008.
  • KKR would be the first team in IPL who will be finding its cheer leaders by a talent hunt show called Knights & Angels.

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