ins & outs – Kolkata Knight Riders
- 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.
Priya Q on April 23rd 2009 in Information / Reviews, Sports News
