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Kolkata Knight Riders
Personnel
CaptainIndia Gautam Gambhir
CoachAustralia Trevor Bayliss
OwnerShahrukh Khan
Juhi Chawla
Jai Mehta
Red Chillies Entertainment
Team information
ColorsKKR
Founded2008
Home groundEden Gardens
Capacity70,000
Official websiteKKR.in

Kolkata Knight Riders (often abbreviated as KKR) is a franchise representing Kolkata in the Indian Premier League. The team is currently captained by Gautam Gambhir and coached by Trevor Bayliss, a former Australian cricketer. The bowling legend, Wasim Akram is the team's bowling consultant and mentor. Sourav Ganguly, who was the team's Icon Player for the first three seasons, captained the side in the first and third seasons of the tournament while Brendon McCullum led the team in the intervening period.

The official theme of the team is Korbo, Lorbo, Jeetbo Re (We will do it, Fight for it, Win it) and the official colors are purple and gold. As per the recent study done by a UK based brand valuation company, Kolkata Knight Riders are ranked as the second most valuable franchise brand at US$46 million.[1] Celebrity Shahrukh Khan’s hard-selling of the KKR brand has counteracted the team’s poor on-field performance through the first three seasons.[2] The team's performance, however, improved in the fourth season as it qualified for the IPL playoffs and also made it to the Champions League Twenty20 for the first time.

The home of the Kolkata Knight Riders is Eden Gardens, the largest cricket stadium in India. It is also one of the largest stadiums in Asia, together with Salt Lake Stadium and May Day Stadium.[3]

Franchise history

(L-R)Shahrukh Khan, Juhi Chawla and Jay Mehta, co-owners of KKR in 2012.

In 2008, The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) created the cricket tournament Indian Premier League based on the Twenty20 form of the game.[4] Eight teams would participate in the inaugural tournament held in April–June of the same year. The teams representing the eight different cities of India were put up on auction in Mumbai on 20 February. The team representing Kolkata was eventually bought by Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan's company Red Chillies Entertainment in partnership with actress Juhi Chawla and her husband Jay Mehta for a price of $75.09 million (₹ 357 crores).[5] The group have since named the team Kolkata Knight Riders.

2008 IPL season

Main article: 2008 Indian Premier League

The Kolkata Knight Riders made a good start to the season by winning their first two matches against Royal Challengers Bangalore and Deccan Chargers. Kolkata Knight Riders' opening batsman Brendon McCullum scored 158 runs in the first match, which is a record for the most runs ever scored by a batsman in a Twenty-20 match.[6] However, the team began to experience failures and lost the next four matches. The team managed to stage a comeback of sorts by winning the next three matches, helped by strong performances by Sourav Ganguly and Shoaib Akhtar. But their performance dipped again and they lost the next three matches. These included their match against Mumbai Indians, in which they were bowled out for 67 runs, the lowest score by a team in the IPL 2008 season.[7] When their match against Delhi Daredevils was washed out due to rain, they lost any chance of making it to the semi finals.[8] The Knight Riders ended their season on a winning note by defeating Kings XI Punjab on their home ground.

A Chennai vs Kolkata match in progress at the M.A. Chidambaram Cricket Stadium in 2008

The team faced various issues in its first season such as team composition, Ganguly's choice of batting first in the game against Chennai Super Kings, entertainment tax being imposed for matches played at Eden Gardens.[9] Shahrukh Khan was barred by the International Cricket Council from entering the dressing room of the team when matches were in progress. He then issued a statement that he would be boycotting the remaining matches of the IPL until the code of conduct was clarified by the IPL authorities.[10]

Financially, the Kolkata Knight Riders were easily the most successful franchise in the IPL, achieving a profit of ₹13 crore (US$1.6 million).[11]

2009 IPL season

Main article: 2009 Indian Premier League

Kolkata Knight Riders was among the least active franchises during the offseason, with no player trades. However, the team signed Mohnish Parmar during the offseason and also re-signed Ajantha Mendis to a long term deal.

Ganguly was removed from the captaincy in the 11th hour and replaced by Brendon McCullum based on a series of theories discussing "multiple-captains". Soon, a blog by an anonymous author surfaced on the web. The blogger claimed to be a member of the team. The posts described what the blogger claimed were team meetings, arguments between staff and team members, post-match parties and pre-match strategy.[12] It created a lot of media frenzy, but was eventually found to be a fake.[13]

KKR also set up a Talent Resource Development Wing (TRDW) in 2009 to spot local talent nationwide. This was based on BCCI's 2002–06 model which had discovered talents like MS Dhoni and Suresh Raina. The wing was headed by Makarand Wainganker, who had first initiated the TRDW concept for the KSCA.[14] However, Wainganker eventually resigned after persistent disagreements with John Buchanan over team selection and Buchanan's "multiple captains" theory.[15]

KKR were the first team in IPL to select their cheer leaders by a talent hunt show called Knights and Angels, judged by Sourav Ganguly and Guest Star and hosted by Bollywood actor Purab Kohli. However, the winning team did not get a chance to perform at games during the 2009 season since local authorities only allowed South African cheerleaders the best used

At the end of IPL season 2, Kolkata Knight Riders was amongst the most profitable franchisees along side Rajasthan Royals and Delhi Daredevils.

2010 IPL season

Main article: 2010 Indian Premier League

The Kolkata Knight Riders traded Australian all-rounder Moises Henriques for Manoj Tiwary and Owais Shah. At the Player auctions they managed to successfully buy Shane Bond in the silent tie-breaker against competing bids from Deccan Chargers.

The Kolkata Knight Riders had a fantastic start to the season by beating Deccan Chargers and Royal Challengers Bangalore. That was followed by three consecutive defeats at the hands of Chennai Super Kings, Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians. The Knight Riders then had a roller-coaster ride in the tournament. After 11 games, they were required to win all their three remaining games to qualify for the semi-finals. A defeat at the MAC Stadium at the hands of Chennai Super Kings put paid to their chances. However, the Knight Riders made a decent comeback by beating the Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians in their last two games.

2011 IPL season

Main article: 2011 Indian Premier League

In this edition of the IPL, the Kolkata Knight Riders decided to revamp the team, starting with a new look and by changing the entire set of players. Sourav Ganguly, the team's Icon player and the previous year's captain was dropped in the IPL auction held earlier that year. Gautam Gambhir, who was bought for a record-breaking $2.4 million was appointed as skipper. KKR also managed to buy Yusuf Pathan for $ 2.1 million. Other international names were added to the squad, including Shakib Al Hasan, Jacques Kallis, Brett Lee and Ryan ten Doeschate.[16] Brad Haddin was replaced by Mark Boucher in mid-season due to a finger injury he sustained during practice.[17]

The Kolkata Knight Riders had a disappointing start of season, losing to Chennai Super Kings by 2 runs. But they came back stronger, winning their next three matches against Deccan Chargers and Rajasthan Royals at Kolkata and Jaipur respectively. After two consecutive defeats in their home ground, the team had a string of wins against Delhi Daredevils, Kings XI Punjab and Deccan Chargers. They went on to win two of the remaining four matches; one against Chennai super kings in Kolkata and the other against Pune Warriors India in Navi Mumbai which enabled them to qualify for the playoffs for the first time.[18] In the eliminator they lost to Mumbai Indians owing to the last over which conceded 21 runs, losing their chance to enter the semi-finals for the first time.[18]

In the 2011 edition of the IPL, Sourav Ganguly was not picked by the owners and team officials. This created a huge uproar in Kolkata. The angry fans created a protest group called No Dada No KKR.[19] This was followed by a silent protest rally, signature campaigns throughout the country and abroad and stadium protests.[19] But the uproar came to an halt and the fans' reactions gradually improved as the team's performance began to improve and the Eden Gardens stadium began to witness a huge capacity.[20][21] KKR finished amongst the top of teams after the completion of the mid season game-play.[18]

2012 IPL season

Main article: 2012 Indian Premier League

Due to the disbanding of Kochi Tuskers Kerala, each team will play the remaining eight teams twice, once at home and once away. Therefore each team will play 16 matches. KKR bought back Brendon McCullum for $900,000 and West Indian Sunil Narine for $700,000. They also bought South-African Marchant de Lange for $50,000. The team replaced coach Dav Whatmore by Trevor Bayliss. Kolkata Knight Riders also launched a new marketing campaign titeled “New Dawn. New Knights” and a new logo.[22]

Livery

File:Kkr shirt from my mobile.jpg
KKR's jersey in season 3

Initially, when Kolkata knight Riders were first introduced in 2008, the logo of the team consisted of a blazing golden Viking helmet against a black background with the name of the team Kolkata Knight Riders written in gold next to it. However, the black background was changed to purple in the third season. In 2012, a new logo, which consist of a blazing purple Corinthian helmet trimmed with gold, with Kolkata Knight Rider written within a shield has been introduced.[23] The name Knight Riders has been chosen keeping in view the kids and the youth. The name was chosen over the Kolkata Love Boats and the Kolkata Fantasy Islands.[24] The team's mascot, a Royal Bengal Tiger, has been named Hoog Lee.[24]

The tag line of the team was "All the King's Men" during the first four season.[24] However, in the fifth it was replaced by "New Dawn, New Knights". The team's official colours were black and gold during the first two seasons. Khan explained that "golden symbolizes spirit of life and black presents the Goddess Kali. "[24] It was later changed to purple and gold during the third season and was kept so. The jersey was created by Bollywood fashion designer Manish Malhotra.[24]

The main theme of the team Korbo, Lorbo, Jitbo Re (We will do it, Fight for it, Win it) has been created by Vishal-Shekhar duo.[24] A Knight Rider album with several singers and music composers including Usha Uthup and Bappi Lahiri was also created.[25] In 2009, A music video for one of the songs from the album, called "Too Hot, Too cool" directed by Farah Khan and featuring Khan and some of the members of the team was filmed in helipad area in Film City, Mumbai. The theme of the video centred around the African wild life as the IPL 2's venue had been shifted to South Africa at the time.[26]

Home Ground

Kolkata Knight Riders playing the Royal Challengers Bangalore at Eden Gardens in 2011

Kolkata Knight Riders home venue is the iconic Eden Gardens (also called High Court End and Pavilion End). Owned by the Cricket Association of Bengal, it is the largest cricket stadium in India by seating capacity of 59,500.[27]

In 2011, the stadium was renovated to meet the standards set by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for the 2011 World Cup. The renovated stadium includes a new clubhouse and players' facilities, upgrading the exterior wall, cladding the existing roof structure with a new metal skin, and general infrastructure improvements.[28]

Administration

Sponsors and Partners

Finnish multinational communications corporation – Nokia is the official founding sponsor of the Kolkata Knight Riders, while Reebok is their official apparel sponsor.[31][32] Other principal sponsors include kit kat, Royal Stag, Dish TV, Linc Pen.[33] Associate sponsors and official partners include Coca Cola, Gitanjali Group, Rose Valley, The Telegraph (Kolkata), SB Nation, Doublemint and Amity University.[33]

Players

Sourav Ganguly, the former captain of the Indian cricket team was the icon player and led the Kolkata franchise in the inaugural season 2008 and 2010. He was unceremoniously dumped when KKR released all the players and did not rebid for Sourav during the January 2011 auctions. The earlier team also included all rounders Chris Gayle, David Hussey, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Angelo Mathews, wicket keeper batsmen Brendon McCullum, Wriddhiman Saha. The main bowlers are Shane Bond, Ishant Sharma, Ashok Dinda, Ajit Agarkar and Murali Karthik. Australian batsman Bradley Hodge and Sri Lankan bowler Ajantha Mendis were bought outside IPL Auction on 2008.

At the 2009 auction the team bought Bangladeshi all-rounder Mashrafe Mortaza. It also includes Charl Langeveldt who was signed outside of the auction. Due to unavailability of Pakistani players in 2009, KKR had to suspend contract of key performer from the 2008 season Umar Gul.[34][35] On 26 April 2009, KKR administration sent back two of its players Akash Chopra and Sanjay Bangar on the premises of poor performance.[36]Shane Bond was the latest KKR acquisition after releasing Ricky Ponting, Morne van Wyk, Umar Gul, Salman Butt, Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Akhtar for IPL III. Moises Henriques was traded to Delhi in return for Owais Shah and Manoj Tiwary. Their international players for the 2010 season were – Shane Bond, Mashrafe Mortaza, Brendon McCullum, Charl Langeveldt, Ajantha Mendis, Angelo Mathews, Brad Hodge, David Hussey, Owais Shah and Chris Gayle.

In the 2011 season, KKR drastically revamped their squad. Former captain and icon player Saurav Ganguly was not purchased in the January auction. The team appointed Gautam Gambhir, who was bought for a record-breaking $2.4 million as skipper.[16] Yusuf Pathan was also picked up for a whopping $ 2.1 million.[16] Other international names were added to the squad, include Shakib Al Hasan, Brad Haddin, Jacques Kallis, Brett Lee, Ryan ten Doeschate, Eoin Morgan, James Pattinson. Haddin was replaced by Mark Boucher mid-season due to injury.[16]

In the 2012 auction, KKR bought back their former batsman, Brendon McCullum. They also acquired West Indian spinner Sunil Narine and South African fast bowler Marchant de Lange. The team later added four domestic players to their squad, including Debabrata Das and Iresh Saxena from Bengal, Saurashtra's Chirag Jani and Sanju Samson from Kerala.[37]

Current Squad

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Player Salaries

Nat Player Year Contract
Signed / Renewed 		Salary
India Gautam Gambhir 2011 $ 2,400,000
India Yusuf Pathan 2011 $ 2,100,000
South Africa Jacques Kallis 2011 $ 1,100,000
New Zealand Brendon McCullum 2012 $ 900,000
Trinidad and Tobago Sunil Narine 2012 $ 700,000
India Lakshmipathy Balaji 2011 $ 500,000
India Manoj Tiwary 2011 $ 475,000
Bangladesh Shakib Al Hasan 2011 $ 425,000
Australia Brett Lee 2011 $ 400,000
England Eoin Morgan 2011 $ 350,000
Australia Brad Haddin 2011 $ 325,000
India Jaydev Unadkat 2011 $ 250,000
Netherlands Ryan ten Doeschate 2011 $ 150,000
Australia James Pattinson 2011 $ 100,000
South Africa Marchant de Lange 2012 $ 50,000

Champions League Twenty20

2011 CLT20 season

Main article: 2011 Champions League Twenty20

KKR's top four finish meant they would now participate in the qualifying league for the 2011 Champions League Twenty20, held from 19 to 21 September. They were drawn along with Somerset and Auckland Aces in Pool B. Both of their matches were initially to be played at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata, but was later moved to the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad.

KKR recorded a 2-run victory in their first match against Auckland Aces, thanks to brilliant spells from Iqbal Abdulla and Yusuf Pathan. Their next match against Somerset Sabres ended in a 11-run defeat. However, both teams qualified for the main tournament by finishing on a better NRR+ than Sri Lankan franchise Ruhuna Rhinos of Pool A.

KKR was placed with Somerset, Southern Redbacks, Warriors and fellow IPL team Royal Challengers Bangalore in Group B.

The team lost their first two matches against Somerset Sabres and Southern Redbacks. They made an impressive comeback by winning the last two games, first by 9 wickets against Royal Challengers Bangalore and a rain affected 22 run victory by (D/L) against Warriors. However, despite being tied on points, they could not make the semi-final due to a lesser NRR+ than the Royal Challengers. They ended up fifth on the overall points table.

Captain Gautam Gambhir wasn't able to lead the team during the qualifying stage, as he has been recovering from an injury he sustained during a Test match between India and England at The Oval. Jacques Kallis was the appointed captain in Gambhir's absence. However, Gambhir returned to lead the team in the Group stage. KKR was also without the services of Eoin Morgan, who was due to have a shoulder surgery, and Mark Boucher who was playing for Warriors.

Fixtures and results

Overall results

Summary of results
Played Wins Losses Tied Win % Position
2008 13 6 7 0 45% 6/8
2009 13 3 9 1 21% 8/8
2010 14 7 7 0 50% 6/8
2011 15 8 7 0 53.33% 4/10
2011 6 3 3 0 50% 5/10 (13)
2012 12* 8 3 1 66% 1/9*
Total 71 34 36 1 48.57%

Result Summary

Opposition Span Mat Won Lost Tied NR Win %
IPL
India Chennai Super Kings 2008–2012 8 3 5 0 0 37.50
India Deccan Chargers 2008–2012 9 7 2 0 0 77.78
India Delhi Daredevils 2008–2012 7 3 4 0 0 42.86
India Kings XI Punjab 2008–2012 9 5 4 0 0 55.56
India Kochi Tuskers Kerala 2011–2011 2 0 2 0 0 0.00
India Mumbai Indians 2008–2011 8 1 7 0 0 12.50
India Pune Warriors India 2011–2012 2 2 0 0 0 100.00
India Rajasthan Royals 2008–2012 10 5 4 1 0 55.55
India Royal Challengers Bangalore 2008–2012 10 5 5 0 0 50.00
Champions League T20
New Zealand Auckland Aces 2011-2011 1 1 0 0 0 100.00
England Somerset Sabres 2011–2011 2 0 2 0 0 0.00
South Africa Chevrolet Warriors 2011–2011 1 1 0 0 0 100.00
Australia South Australia Redbacks 2011–2011 1 0 1 0 0 0.00
India Royal Challengers Bangalore 2011–2011 1 1 0 0 0 100.00
Teams now defunct
Note : SA Redbacks is defunct only in T20
& KTK played only T20 (14 Matches)
This summary contains only complete matches.

2008 IPL season

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No. Date Opponent Venue Result
1 18 April India Royal Challengers Bangalore Bangalore Won by 140 runs, MoM- New Zealand Brendon McCullum 158* (73)
2 20 April India Deccan Chargers Kolkata Won by 5 wickets, MoM- Australia David Hussey 38* (43)
3 26 April India Chennai Super Kings Chennai Lost by 9 wickets
4 29 April India Mumbai Indians Kolkata Lost by 7 wickets
5 1 May India Rajasthan Royals Jaipur Lost by 45 runs
6 3 May India Kings XI Punjab Mohali Lost by 9 runs
7 8 May India Royal Challengers Bangalore Kolkata Won by 5 runs, MoM- India Sourav Ganguly 20 (22) and 1/7 (3 overs)
8 11 May India Deccan Chargers Hyderabad Won by 23 runs, MoM- India Sourav Ganguly 91 (57), 2/25 (4 overs) and 2 catches
9 13 May India Delhi Daredevils Kolkata Won by 23 runs, MoM- Pakistan Shoaib Akhtar 4/11 (3 overs)
10 16 May India Mumbai Indians Mumbai Lost by 8 wickets
11 18 May India Chennai Super Kings Kolkata Lost by 3 runs (decided by D/L method due to rain interruption)
12 20 May India Rajasthan Royals Kolkata Lost by 6 wickets
13 22 May India Delhi Daredevils Delhi Match abandoned due to rain
14 25 May India Kings XI Punjab Kolkata Won by 3 wickets, MoM- Pakistan Umar Gul 4/23 (4 overs) and 24 (11)
Overall record of 6 – 7 (One match no result)

Failed to make Semifinals, ended 6/8

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2009 IPL season

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Date Opponent Venue Result
19 April India Deccan Chargers Cape Town Lost by 8 wickets
21 April India Kings XI Punjab Durban Won by 11 runs (D/L Method), MoM- Jamaica Chris Gayle 44* (26)
23 April India Rajasthan Royals Port Elizabeth Lost by 15 runs in Super Over
25 April India Chennai Super Kings Cape Town Match abandoned due to intermittent rain
27 April India Mumbai Indians Port Elizabeth Lost by 92 runs
29 April India Royal Challengers Bangalore Durban Lost by 5 wickets
1 May India Mumbai Indians Durban Lost by 9 runs
3 May India Kings XI Punjab East London Lost by 6 wickets
5 May India Delhi Daredevils Durban Lost by 9 wickets
10 May India Delhi Daredevils Johannesburg Lost by 7 Wickets
12 May India Royal Challengers Bangalore Pretoria Lost by 6 wickets
16 May India Deccan Chargers Port Elizabeth Lost by 6 wickets
18 May India Chennai Super Kings Pretoria Won by 7 wickets, MoM- Australia Brad Hodge 71* (44)
20 May India Rajasthan Royals Durban Won by 4 wickets, MoM- India Laxmi Shukla 48* (46)
Overall record of 3 – 10 (One match no result)

Failed to make Semifinals, ended 8/8

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2010 IPL season

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Date Opponent Venue Result
12 March India Deccan Chargers Navi Mumbai Won by 11 runs, MoM- Sri Lanka Angelo Mathews 65* (46) and 1/27 (4 overs)
14 March India Royal Challengers Bangalore Kolkata Won by 7 wickets, MoM- India Manoj Tiwary 50 (29)
16 March India Chennai Super Kings Kolkata Lost by 55 runs
20 March India Rajasthan Royals Ahmedabad Lost by 34 runs
22 March India Mumbai Indians Mumbai Lost by 7 wickets
27 March India Kings XI Punjab Mohali Won by 39 Runs, MoM- India Manoj Tiwary 75 (47)
29 March India Delhi Daredevils Delhi Lost by 40 Runs
1 April India Deccan Chargers Kolkata Won by 24 Runs, MoM- India Sourav Ganguly 88 (54)
4 April India Kings XI Punjab Kolkata Lost by 8 wickets
7 April India Delhi Daredevils Kolkata Won by 14 runs, MoM- India Sourav Ganguly 56 (46)
10 April India Royal Challengers Bangalore Bangalore Lost by 7 wickets
13 April India Chennai Super Kings Chennai Lost by 9 wickets
17 April India Rajasthan Royals Kolkata Won by 8 wickets, MoM- India Jaydev Unadkat 3/26 (4 overs)
19 April India Mumbai Indians Kolkata Won by 9 wickets, MoM- India Murali Kartik 2/20 (4 overs) and 2 catches
Overall record of 7 – 7

Failed to make Semifinals, ended 6/8

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2011 IPL season

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Date Opponent Venue Result
8 April India Chennai Super Kings Chennai Lost by 2 runs
11 April India Deccan Chargers Kolkata Won by 9 runs, MoM- South Africa Jacques Kallis 54 (42)
15 April India Rajasthan Royals Jaipur Won by 9 wickets, MoM- India Gautam Gambhir 75* (44)
17 April India Rajasthan Royals Kolkata Won by 8 wickets, MoM- India Lakshmipathy Balaji 3/15 (3 overs)
20 April India Kochi Tuskers Kerala Kolkata Lost by 6 runs
22 April India Royal Challengers Bangalore Kolkata Lost by 9 wickets
28 April India Delhi Daredevils Delhi Won by 17 runs, MoM- India Manoj Tiwary 61* (47)
30 April India Kings XI Punjab Kolkata Won by 8 wickets, MoM- India Iqbal Abdulla 2/19 (4 overs)
3 May India Deccan Chargers Hyderabad Won by 20 runs, MoM- India Yusuf Pathan 47* (26)
5 May India Kochi Tuskers Kerala Kochi Lost by 17 runs
7 May India Chennai Super Kings Kolkata Won by 10 runs (D/L), MoM- India Iqbal Abdulla 1/15 (4 overs)
14 May India Royal Challengers Bangalore Bengaluru Lost by 4 wickets (D/L)
19 May India Pune Warriors India Navi Mumbai Won by 7 wickets, MoM- India Yusuf Pathan 29 (25) and 2/23 (4 overs)
22 May India Mumbai Indians Kolkata Lost by 5 wickets
25 May (#Eliminator) India Mumbai Indians Mumbai Lost by 4 wickets
Overall Record of 8 – 7

Reached the Play-Offs and ended 4/10

Reached the 2011 Champions League Twenty20 Qualifying League

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2011 Champions League Twenty20

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Date Opponent Venue Result
19 September (Qualifier #1) New Zealand Auckland Aces Hyderabad Won by 2 runs, MoM- India Manvinder Bisla 45 (32)
21 September (Qualifier #2) England Somerset Sabres Hyderabad Lost by 11 runs
25 September England Somerset Sabres Hyderabad Lost by 5 wickets
27 September Australia South Australian Redbacks Hyderabad Lost by 19 runs
29 September India Royal Challengers Bangalore Bangalore Won by 9 wickets, MoM- South Africa Jacques Kallis 64* (47) and 1/28 (4 Overs)
1 October South Africa Chevrolet Warriors Bangalore Won by 22 runs (D/L)
Overall Record of 1–1 in the Qualifier and 2–2 in CLT20 2011

Failed to make Semifinals, ended 5/10 (13)

2012 IPL season

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No. Date Opponent Venue Result Scorecard Link
1 5 April Template:Cr-IPL Kolkata Lost by 8 Wickets Score Card
2 8 April Template:Cr-IPL Jaipur Lost by 22 runs Score Card
3 10 April Template:Cr-IPL Bengaluru Won by 42 runs, MoM – India Lakshmipathy Balaji 4/18 Score Card
4 13 April Template:Cr-IPL Kolkata Won by 5 wickets, MoM – Bangladesh Shakib Al Hasan 3/17 & 16 (10) Score Card
5 15 April Template:Cr-IPL Kolkata Lost by 2 runs, MoM - Trinidad and Tobago Sunil Narine 5/19 Score Card
6 18 April Template:Cr-IPL Mohali Won by 8 wickets, MoM - India Gautam Gambhir 66* (44) Score Card
7 22 April Template:Cr-IPL Cuttack Won by 5 wickets,Mom - Australia Brett Lee 1/15 Score Card
8 24 April Template:Cr-IPL Kolkata Match Abandoned without a ball bowled Scorecard
9 28 April Template:Cr-IPL Kolkata Won by 47 runs,MoM - India Gautam Gambhir 93 (51) Score Card
10 30 April Template:Cr-IPL Chennai Won by 5 wickets, MoM-India D Das 11*(4) Score Card
11 5 May Template:Cr-IPL Kolkata Won by 7 runs, MoM - Trinidad and Tobago Sunil Narine 1/13 Score Card
12 7 May Template:Cr-IPL New Delhi Won by 6 wickets, MoM - South Africa Jacques Kallis 2/20,30 (27) Score Card
13 12 May Template:Cr-IPL Kolkata ?
14 14 May Template:Cr-IPL Kolkata ?
15 16 May Template:Cr-IPL Mumbai ?
16 19 May Template:Cr-IPL Pune ?
Total

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See also

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