Looking back at the DLF IPL there were few standout performances by any of the several New Zealand players part of the different teams. However New Zealand’s international cricket coach Andy Moles and national selector Glenn Turner have dismissed the performances of the Kiwis at the IPL. According to Turner, the nature of T20 [...]
Had Kolkata Knight Riders played under the leadership of former India skipper Sourav Ganguly in the Indian Premier League, they might have avoided the tag of tournament-laggards, feels teams young pacer Ashok Dinda.
“Dada (Ganguly) knows us (the Bengal cricketers) inside out. He knows what are our strengths and weaknesses. Our performance would have been better [...]
While the Kolkata Knight Riders have managed to rope in some big names in cricket like Chris Gayle and Brendon McCullum, Punjab’s Kings XI haven’t been quite so fortunate. But nevertheless it will be foolish to consider them any less formidable than the former; as last year’s semi-finalists, the Kings XI are still a daunting [...]
New Zealand wicketkeeper-batsman Brendon McCullum will lead the Kolkata Knight Riders for the second season of the IPL, which begins on Saturday in South Africa. He has replaced former India captain Sourav Ganguly, who led Kolkata during the first season of the IPL.
The move has cleared some doubt regarding the multiple-captain theory proposed by [...]
West Indies captain Chris Gayle will head up the Caribbean swashbucklers at the second Indian Premier League tournament.
Gayle will hope to make up for his injury-hit season last year when he turns out for the Kolkata Knight Riders in South Africa, the venue for the competition after security threats saw it moved from India.
The 29-year-old [...]
Kings XI Punjab lost by a narrow margin of 10 runs against the Warriors in their warm-up game in Port Elizabeth, as they faltered in pursuit of a competitive 151. Colin Ingram set up the Warriors innings with an aggressive, unbeaten 57, which included five fours and two sixes. Punjab struggled in the field, dropping [...]
Kolkatta were being touted as the best team after their first two wins but their performance nose-dived as the series progressed.
Kolkata’s performance was as unpredictable as their speedster, Shoaib Akhtar at times.
At times they pulled off thrilling victories, like they did against Punjab, scoring 70 in the last four overs to seal victory.
Against Mumbai, they [...]
Kolkata Knight Riders owner Shah Rukh Khan is confident increased availability of international players will make the team more competitive in the second edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL).
The franchise finished sixth in the inaugural IPL when they struggled to build momentum with various departures and arrivals of non-Indian players, whose participation was cut [...]
John Buchanan, the coach of the IPL franchise Kolkata Knight Riders, has said his four-captain policy for his team had been “misinterpreted”.
He said that he will not select a squad captain but a leader for each match.
“My four-captain policy has been misinterpreted by most people and I would just like to clarify it,” [...]
Sprite, the associate sponsor and the official pouring partner of the IPL franchise Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), will launch its new communication initiative during the second season of the Indian Premier League.
As part of Sprite’s 360 degree communication strategy, KKR owner and Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan, KKR captain Saurav Ganguly and other members of the [...]
