Kolkata Knight Riders
Kolkata Knight Riders is the name of the Indian Premier League team that represents Kolkata. The team was bought at auction by Red Chillies Entertainment, Bollywood actress Juhi Chawla and her husband Jai Mehta.
2008 Results
For the 2008 Indian Premier League competition, the Kolkata Knight Riders played 13 games between 18 April and 25 May (one more was abandoned). The results were as follows (Kolkata victories are highlighted):
DATE |
OPPOSITION |
WINNER |
MARGIN |
18 April |
Bangalore Challengers |
Kolkata |
140 runs |
20 April |
Deccan Chargers |
Kolkata |
5 wickets |
26 April |
Chennai Super Kings |
Chennai |
9 wickets |
29 April |
Mumbai Indians |
Mumbai |
7 wickets |
01 May |
Rajasthan Royals |
Rajasthan |
45 runs |
03 May |
Kings XI Punjab |
Kings XI |
9 runs |
08 May |
Bangalore Challengers |
Kolkata |
5 runs |
11 May |
Deccan Chargers |
Kolkata |
23 runs |
13 May |
Delhi DareDevils |
Kolkata |
23 runs |
16 May |
Mumbai Indians |
Mumbai |
8 wickets |
18 May |
Chennai Super Kings |
Chennai |
3 runs |
20 May |
Rajasthan Royals |
Rajasthan |
6 wickets |
22 May |
Delhi DareDevils |
ABANDONED |
|
25 May |
Kings XI Punjab |
Kolkata |
5 wickets |
Kolkata Knight Riders Squad
Iqbal Abdulla
Ajit Agarkar
Shoaib Akhtar
Ranadeb Bose
Salman Butt
Akash Chopra
Sourav Ganguly – Captain
Chris Gayle
Umar Gul
Mohammad Hafeez
David Hussey
Murali Kartik
Siddarth Kaul
Sourashish Lahiri
Brendon McCullum
Ricky Ponting
Cheteswar Pujara
Ishant Sharma
Lakshmi Ratan Shukla
Tatenda Taibu
