| Kolkata Tigers will be led by Craig McMillan from New Zealand. He is known for his improvising on his play and adaptation to any format of cricket easily. Though, this captain of Kolkata Tigers bowls medium pacer, his bowling is characterised by more of bouncers. Team-mates in the national team of New Zealand used to call him Gladiator due to his resemblance to Russell Crowe the main actor in the Hollywood movie “Gladiator”. All-rounder Lance Klusener (SA) will also be a part of team Kolkata Tigers. During his prime days he could turn any match to his side.
In addition to the above-mentioned great guns, team Kolkata Tigers will also include international players such as Darren Maddy (Eng), Upul Chandana (SL) and Boyd Rankin (Ire). To fill in the role of coach, Kolkata Tigers will have Darryl Cullinan from South Africa. With a well-built body, he was a bowler’s nightmare in his prime years. Once he hit a huge six that ended up in a frying pan. It is believed that in his hands team Kolkata Tigers will certainly live up to expectations of the cricket lovers in the country.
Notable international players from India such as Deep Dasgupta and Rohan Gavaskar will be also in team Kolkata Tigers. Other players of this team are picked from the first class cricket played in India. Kolkata Tigers will have its first match against Chennai Superstars on December 1, 2007.
Coach: Darryl Cullinan (SA)
Squad: Craig Macmillan (NZ) (Captain), Lance Klusener (SA), Upul Chandana (SL), Darren Maddy (Eng), Boyd Rankin (Ire), Rohan Gavaskar, Parviz Aziz, Ali H Zaidi, Abhishek Jhunjhunwala, Shiv Sagar Singh, Deep Dasgupta, Sayed Akhlakh Ahmed, Abu Nechim, Rajiv Kumar, Mihir Diwakar, Anshu Jain, Subhomoy Das, Pritam Das, and Sujay Tarafdar.
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