Indian Premier League

[Goughy]

Really think they should've called them the Kolkata Knights. Would've worked so much better.

Agreed

 

[sideshowtim]

Agree that the Knights would be a better name, but their logo is pretty badass and their site is cool. Has a bit of an Age of Empires feel! I like how they have the helmets pretty much in order of how important the players are to the franchise. Ganguly in the middle being the most important with Ponting and Ahktar either side of him. Poor old Tatenda on the far left!

 

[sideshowtim]

Lol @ Ponting's profile on the Knight Riders website!

"A night with a 'win at any costs' attitude". Wonder if he's read and approved this!

 

[silentstriker]

Lol @ Ponting's profile on the Knight Riders website!

"A night with a 'win at any costs' attitude". Wonder if he's read and approved this!

Though they exaggerate a bit regarding Ganguly's comfort with the short ball, and the bit about Akhtar 'throwing spears' is priceless.

But they've got player profiles, TV commercials, anthems, professional kits, etc. I'm very impressed with this organization. It's already more professional than the BCCI.

 

[sideshowtim]

That site says 6 days some thing left

What do they mean by that..the ipl sart in APR 18 rite not MAR 18 ????

I think that's when the full squad is released. It's the deadline for it anyway.

 

[sideshowtim]

Though they exaggerate a bit regarding Ganguly's comfort with the short ball, and the bit about Akhtar 'throwing spears' is priceless.

But they've got player profiles, TV commercials, anthems, professional kits, etc. I'm very impressed with this organization. It's already more professional than the BCCI.

Yeah, me too. Makes the ICL look like total crap. Can't wait to see the kits and sites of the other franchises.

 

[duffer]

I like how they have the helmets pretty much in order of how important the players are to the franchise. Ganguly in the middle being the most important with Ponting and Ahktar either side of him. Poor old Tatenda on the far left!

And poor Ajit on the right

Also "Make way for the fireworks, McCullum is here!"

 

[duffer]

But they've got player profiles, TV commercials, anthems, professional kits, etc. I'm very impressed with this organization. It's already more professional than the BCCI.

Well by virtue of the teams being run by succesful people, by default you could see how much more professional they are than the BCCI.

Also with the amount of money invested in their franchises they're not going to leave any opportunity to impress go to waste. Kolkota has set a pretty good benchmark with their site and other gimmicks, hope it's a catalyst which gets all the other teams trying to outdo each other.

 

[silentstriker]

Well by virtue of the teams being run by succesful people, by default you could see how much more professional they are than the BCCI.

Also with the amount of money invested in their franchises they're not going to leave any opportunity to impress go to waste. Kolkota has set a pretty good benchmark with their site and other gimmicks, hope it's a catalyst which gets all the other teams trying to outdo each other.

Agreed. The people who bought the team are mostly successful private business owners, so they know how to be professional and how to market their product. Compare that with BCCI, who are run by politicians and lifelong members of the khaki brigade, and have no idea how things work outside of a governmental beurocracy.

 

[ret]

Kolkatta Knight Riders .... Bollywood guys r copying stuff in cricket too .... Agreed that Knights would hv been a better option

On copy right issue, that famous show is called Knight Rider, while the Kol team is Knight Riders, so I guess no copyright issues there

 

[ret]

The day's signings left Bangalore, Kolkata and Jaipur with nine overseas players in their ranks, one more than permitted under IPL rules. However, Cricinfo has learned that the IPL management agreed to relax the rules to accommodate as many players as possible.

"Yes, Bangalore and a couple of other teams do have nine foreign players," Charu Sharma, the Bangalore franchise's chief executive, told Cricinfo. "There were good reasons for having an eight-man limit, but with some of the players contracted by the IPL [like Ashwell Prince] still available, there was mutual agreement between the franchises that a ninth man could be chosen, if needed."

i understand that they wanted to accomodate everyone but is the loosening of the 8 overseas players per franchise limit good?

 

[silentstriker]

i understand that they wanted to accomodate everyone but is the loosening of the 8 overseas players per franchise limit good?

I am torn on the issue. As long as they don't increase the # of overseas players that can play in the XI to more than five (six at most), I think it's fine. It's at four now, so most of the side will still be Indian players getting some good experience against top quality opposition.

 

[sideshowtim]

I am torn on the issue. As long as they don't increase the # of overseas players that can play in the XI to more than five (six at most), I think it's fine. It's at four now, so most of the side will still be Indian players getting some good experience against top quality opposition.

5 sounds about right. 4 is just one too few...

 

[ret]

It looks bad when you hv 9 overseas players in ur squad coz

1. Only 4 of them can play in the 11
2. Not everyone would be available which means wasting money on those guys. why not pay an Indian Ranji trophy player instead?
3. Since 5 overseas players would be on the bench, a team can utlize that to make the opposition ineffective i.e. by picking players so that they don't get picked up by others and thus make the competition less fierce

I don't feel like supporting teams that payed millions on players who may not even play in the IPL that often. whats the point in paying so much if those guys r not going to play at least 2 out of 3 years? Since the OZ tour of Pak has been postponed, the franchises should make sure that those OZ players play and thus don't get paid for doing nothing

 

[Turbinator]

They should've named it Mumbai Monkeys instead.

 

[Fusion]

http://kolkataknightriders.com/

The knight riders site.
You have got to hand it to SRK and red chillies entertainment.Their launch was the best,they have locked in sponsors,they have unveiled their kit from reebok and they are already are planning the off the field revenue generating activities too.

The website is great. As a (yet) neutral fan, it goes a long way in making me follow their team over others!

 

[duffer]

They should've named it Mumbai Monkeys instead.

Hyderabad Hanumans?

 

[Turbinator]

Hyderabad Hanumans?

Bangalore Bajrang Balis?

 

[TT Boy]

I am torn on the issue. As long as they don't increase the # of overseas players that can play in the XI to more than five (six at most), I think it's fine. It's at four now, so most of the side will still be Indian players getting some good experience against top quality opposition.

Personally, I would like the number of overseas players to be a little higher and to that they could account fellow Asian cricketers as non-overseas signings.

The PCB have come down extremely harshly on the ICL players, maybe they should get a little kick back and have such an agreement as an enticement for players who are thinking of jumping ship to the rebel league. And guys like Shoaib Akhtar are far bigger and more loved in India than in Pakistan anyhow.

 

[PhoenixFire]

Bangalore Bajrang Balis?

Bangalore (onion) Bhajis has a good ring to it.