Kolkata Knight Riders is the franchise representing Kolkata in the Indian Premier League. The team will be led by Sourav Ganguly, also the Icon Player for the team and coached by John Buchanan. The name of the team was revealed on March 10, 2008 with an official team unveiling ceremony on March 11, 2008. [1] The official theme of the team is Korbo, Lorbo, Jitbo Re (We will do it, Fight for it, Win it) and the official colours are black and gold .
The logo of the team consist of a blazing golden viking helmet against a black background with the name of the team Kolkata Knight Riders written in gold. 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. A Knight Rider album with several singers and music composers including Usha Uthup and Bappi Lahiri will also be created.[3] The tag line of the team is All the King's Men.[2] The team's official colour is black and gold. Black stands for the courage of Maa Kali and gold stands for the spirit of winning.[3] The jersey was created by Bollywood fashion designer Manish Malhotra.[2] The team also has a mascot named Hoog Lee, who is a lazy Royal Bengal Tiger and loves to eat burgers. The name was chosen after lot of research. The name Knight Riders has been chosen keeping in view of the kids and the youth.[2], and is a obvious reference to the famous television show.[4] Incidentally the Kolkata team playing in the ICL (the rebel league) is named as "Kolkata Tigers".
Read full post >>
