Trinbago Knight Riders
| File:Trinbago Knight Riders logo.png | |
| Personnel | |
|---|---|
| Captain |  Dwayne Bravo |
| Coach |  Simon Katich[1] |
| Owner | Shah Rukh Khan (Red Chillies Entertainment) Juhi Chawla, Jay Mehta (Mehta Group) |
| Chief executive | Venky Mysore |
| Team information | |
| City | Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago |
| Colours | |
| Founded | 2013 |
| Home ground | Queen's Park Oval |
| Capacity | 20,000[2] |
| History | |
| CPL wins | 1 (2015) |
| Official website | http://www.tkriders.com/ |
The Trinbago Knight Riders (formerly the Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel) is a franchise cricket team of the Caribbean Premier League based in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. The Red Steel was one of the original six teams created for the tournament's inaugural 2013 season. Their home ground is Queen's Park Oval.
In 2015, Red Chillies Entertainment, the parent company of Indian Premier League team Kolkata Knight Riders, purchased stake in the Red Steel.[3] The Red Steel went on to win the 2015 tournament.[4] After the season, the name was changed to Trinbago Knight Riders.
History
The Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel were one of the six teams created for the Caribbean Premier League's inaugural 2013 season. In 2015, they won the tournament for the first time, defeating the Barbados Tridents 178–158 at Queen's Park Oval.[4]
Also in 2015, Red Chillies Entertainment led by Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan and Mehta Group of businessman Jay Mehta and his wife Juhi Chawla, purchased stake in the Red Steel. Red Chillies Entertainment also owns the Indian Premier League's Kolkata Knight Riders; this was the first time an IPL team had invested in a Twenty20 cricket league outside India.[3] In 2016, Red Chillies Entertainment took over the team's operations and changed the name to the Knight Riders. The core team remained the same in 2016, with Dwayne Bravo at the helm. However, the team's marquee foreign player is New Zealand's Brendon McCullum, who has played for KKR in the past. Brad Hogg and Colin Munro have also played for KKR before. Darren Bravo and Sunil Narine currently play for both the Knight Riders teams.[5] Simon Katich in 2017, replaced fellow Australian Simon Helmot as the head coach.Cite error: The opening <ref> tag is malformed or has a bad name (see the help page).
"Forty percent of the population in Trinidad and Tobago is of Indian origin. There is a very strong connect of those people to Bollywood. They are all extremely big fans of Shah Rukh Khan. And Trinidad is among the most advanced economies in the Caribbean."[6]
Squad
Players with international caps are listed in bold.
| No. | Name[7] | Nat | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batsmen | ||||||
| 42 | Brendon McCullum |  |
27 September 1981 | Right | Right-arm medium | Marquee Player |
| 1 | Hashim Amla |  |
31 March 1983 | Right | Right-arm medium | International |
| 46 | Darren Bravo | |
6 February 1989 | Left | Right-arm medium-fast | Local franchise player/ TEMPORARY UNTIL JULY 11TH |
| All-rounders | ||||||
| 47 | Dwayne Bravo | |
7 October 1983 | Right | Right-arm medium-fast | Local franchise player/Captain |
| - | Colin Munro | |
11 April 1987 | Left | Righ-arm medium | International franchise player |
| 20 | Kevon Cooper | |
2 February 1989 | Right | Right-arm medium | Local franchise player |
| 7 | Shadab Khan |  |
4 October 1998 | Right | Right-arm leg break | International franchise player |
| - | Javon Searles |  |
21 December 1986 | Right | Right-arm medium-fast | Local franchise player |
| - | Anderson Phillip | |
22 August 1996 | Right | Right-arm medium-fast | U-19 player |
| Wicket-keepers | ||||||
| 40 | Denesh Ramdin | |
13 April 1985 | Right | Local franchise player | |
| 40 | William Perkins | |
8 October 1986 | Right | Local franchise player | |
| — | Hamza Tariq |  |
21 July 1990 | Right | ICC Americas Player | |
| Bowlers | ||||||
| - | Nikita Miller |  |
16 May 1982 | Right | Left-arm Slow | Local franchise player |
| 74 | Sunil Narine | |
26 May 1988 | Left | Right-arm Off break | Local franchise player |
| 53 | Mehedi Hasan |  |
25 October 1997 | Right | Right-arm Off break | Brad Hogg's replacement |
| - | Ronsford Beaton |  |
8 September 1992 | Right | Right-arm fast | Local franchise player |
| - | Khary Pierre | |
22 June 1992 | Left | Slow left arm orthodox | Local franchise player |
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Home ground
The Trinbago Knight Riders plays their home games at the Queen's Park Oval in Port of Spain. The QPO was also the host ground of the semi-finals and finals of 2013 and 2015 editions of the CPL. The Queen's Park Oval is one of the oldest and most historic of grounds in the Caribbean as well as having one of the largest capacities, accommodating approximately 20,000 spectators in comfort. Home of the Queen's Park Cricket Club (QPCC) since 1896, it has hosted Test matches since 1930, ODIs since 1983 and T20s since 2009.
References
- ^ "Simon Katich to coach Trinbago Knight Riders". news.com.au. 17 January 2017.
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- ^ a b ESPN Sports Media. "KKR owners buy stake in CPL franchise T&T Red Steel". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
- ^ a b "Caribbean Premier League, Final: Barbados Tridents v Trinidad & Tobago Red Steel at Port of Spain, Jul 26, 2015". www.espncricinfo.com. ESPN. 26 July 2015. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
- ^ No More Red Steel: T&T Knight Riders takes over CPL franchise
- ^ http://www.espncricinfo.com/caribbean-premier-league-2015/content/story/889387.html
- ^ "Caribbean Premier League squads finalised". Cricinfo. ESPN. 6 June 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
External links
- Trinidad and Tobago on CPLT20.com
- Trinbago Knight Riders on SportsMaza.com
- Trinbago Knight Riders on sports24hour.com
- TT Red Steel on Twitter
- Trinidad & Tobago Red Steel on Facebook
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