Kolkata Knight Riders

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This team seems to have it all – star power, utility, flashers, scroungers, pace and spin.

The Knight Riders have also been brisk in marketing and promotions, leading the way for everyone else.

In Sourav Ganguly, they also have a charismatic leader and they definitely appear one of the stronger teams in the fray.

The one thing that would work against them is the number of key players who would return to play Test cricket for their respective nations.


Players

 
Sourav Ganguly (Captain)
Ricky Ponting
Chris Gayle
Salman Butt
Aakash Chopra
David Hussey
Cheteshwar Pujara
Debabrata Das
Rohan Banerjee
Yashpal Singh
Ajit Agarkar
Mohammad Hafeez

Laxmi Ratan Shukla
Ishant Sharma
Shoaib Akhtar
Umar Gul
Murali Kartik
Saurasish Lahiri
Siddarth Kaul
Iqbal Abdulla
Brendon McCullum
Tatenda Taibu
Prasanta Saha

 

Last Updated ( Sunday, 11 May 2008 01:36 )  

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Kolkata bank on Shoaib to keep Delhi down
Logic says never change a winning combination. Kolkata have won their last two games but may just turn that line of thinking on its head for this one, and unleash the latest Knight in their armour, Shoaib Akhtar, who has been waiting desperately for a go since touching down.

"A fit Shoaib, or even almost a 90 per cent fit Shoaib will be perfect for anyone. But again, at the same stage, we don't want to rush him in the competition," Kolkata coach John Buchanan says.