Mr. Shah Rukh Khan launch his IPL team Kolkata Knight Riders on Tuesday, 11th March 2008, among much fanfare and media hype. Juhi Chawla, a dear friend of Shah Rukh and partner in his company Dreamz Unlimited, along with husband Jai Mehta was also present in the launching Ceremony. Knight Riders is one of the eighth cricket team playing in Indian Premier League. The team will be led by our prince of kolkata Sourav Ganguly. John Buchanon will coach the team. You can view the promo of the launching ceremony here.
As usual, Bazigar manage the whole launching ceremony smoothly with his charisma. SRK explain that the name of the team was chosen for the youth, keeping in mind that, this team will lead Kolkata to a glory by knights (Players) with shining armours.
He unveiled the team jersey in black and gold and the Helmet. Black stands for Godess "Maa Kali" and gold resembles "Victory". The Cricket kit is designed by famous sportswear company "Reebok" and the jersey by famous designer Manish Malhotra.
SRK also launch the official website of the team http://www.kolkataknightriders.com/ The theme song of the team is "Korbo, Lorbo, Jitbo re.." which means "will do, will fight and win.." The mascot of the team is HOOG-LEE , a Royal Bengal Tiger and SRK told he is better than all the LEEs put together including Bruce Lee and Bret Lee.
Captain Sourav Ganguly said, he is honoured to be a part of the IPL and to lead the Kolkata Knight Riders. He also mentioned that Playing for Kolkata In Eden Garden with 90,000 supporters is always special and. Moharaj also said "we will make kolkata proud."
The best part of the whole thing is that SRK mentioned any extra money earned from the matches will spend on development of soccer in Bengal. So friends, lets keep our finger crossed and pray Both Sourav and Kolkata Knight Rider storm the IPL and bring glory to all of us.
As usual, Bazigar manage the whole launching ceremony smoothly with his charisma. SRK explain that the name of the team was chosen for the youth, keeping in mind that, this team will lead Kolkata to a glory by knights (Players) with shining armours.
He unveiled the team jersey in black and gold and the Helmet. Black stands for Godess "Maa Kali" and gold resembles "Victory". The Cricket kit is designed by famous sportswear company "Reebok" and the jersey by famous designer Manish Malhotra.
SRK also launch the official website of the team http://www.kolkataknightriders.com/ The theme song of the team is "Korbo, Lorbo, Jitbo re.." which means "will do, will fight and win.." The mascot of the team is HOOG-LEE , a Royal Bengal Tiger and SRK told he is better than all the LEEs put together including Bruce Lee and Bret Lee.
Captain Sourav Ganguly said, he is honoured to be a part of the IPL and to lead the Kolkata Knight Riders. He also mentioned that Playing for Kolkata In Eden Garden with 90,000 supporters is always special and. Moharaj also said "we will make kolkata proud."
The best part of the whole thing is that SRK mentioned any extra money earned from the matches will spend on development of soccer in Bengal. So friends, lets keep our finger crossed and pray Both Sourav and Kolkata Knight Rider storm the IPL and bring glory to all of us.
