http://kolkatanightriders.com Welcome To The "UNOFFICIAL" Kolkata Knight Riders Site. The Kolkata Night Riders Fan Blog Is Your Window To The IPL Kolkata Team Sun, 04 Jan 2009 06:08:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en John Buchanan is on the prowl again. He was back in Kolkata on a talent hunt. He witnessed a match between Mohun Bagan and East Bengal. Buchanan is on a six-day visit to the city for the IPL team’s talent search programme that starts on Monday. http://kolkatanightriders.com/fan-zone/kolkata-knight-riders-talent-hunt/ finishes the job. Scripting a victory worth that is one of best in recent memory. A strong self-belief is driving the Indians. In the past the side would have just caved in under the pressure of scoring 400 odd runs. But Viru showed the way and the others simply followed in ... http://kolkatanightriders.com/indian-premier-league-kolkata/india-scripts-a-sensational-win-sehwag-sparkles-sachin%e2%80%a6/ Thirty one plus year old Australian Cricketer player David Hussey, is yet to make his Test debut. He made even to the One Day Internationals debut only in July 2008. Since then he played just five ODIs. Same is the story about his International Twenty20 career. His maiden and only ... http://kolkatanightriders.com/kkr-team-zone/david-hussey/ Chennai was chosen as the venue for the test match between India and England. Mumbai which faced a horrific terror attack last month was the original location for the Test. But with the security situation being very fragile in Mumbai, England was not ready to play and wanted to abandon ... http://kolkatanightriders.com/indian-premier-league-kolkata/test-to-be-played-at-chennai/ The terror attacks seem to have wider ramifications for cricket. Pakistan has seen few cricket tours in the past couple of years because of dangerous security situation. Now, India joins the ranks with the most horrific terrorist attack ever seen. Young men armed to the teeth went on a rampage ... http://kolkatanightriders.com/indian-premier-league-kolkata/future-of-cricket-in-doubt/ Mumbai’s the target of one of most sophisticated and well-planned terror attacks the world has ever seen is finally seeing some sort of closure. The Champions League which was to have kicked off next week stands postponed. Most of the teams were to have stayed in the Iconic Taj Mahal ... http://kolkatanightriders.com/indian-premier-league-kolkata/a-tribute/ English decided to fly back after the terrorists attacked many iconic places in Mumbai and took several people including foreigners hostage. It’s one more horrible reminder of how vulnerable we are to terrorists. These guys came in boats and started firing on innocent people in hotels, train stations and roads.  Our ... http://kolkatanightriders.com/indian-premier-league-kolkata/mumbai-under-attack-england-cancels-tour/ Champions League is round the corner and Herschelle Gibbs the Deccan Charger player who will be a commentator during the coming series feels that the home advantage will be a distinct edge for the two home teams. They are clear favorites to win the championship. But my take is that the ... http://kolkatanightriders.com/indian-premier-league-kolkata/rajasthan-royals-and-chennai-super-kings-hold-the-edge/ Shane Watson, the knight in shining armor of the Rajasthan Royals team and the man of the IPL tournament could not keep his place in the Australian test team against the Kiwis. He could not click with the bat though he did get a couple of wickets and was dropped ... http://kolkatanightriders.com/indian-premier-league-kolkata/rajasthan-royals-hero-faces-the-boot/ Prince Dada Sourav as the present day Prithiviraj Chauhan Sourav is known to most of us as one of the jewels of our countries cricketer. We know him as record holder in cricket, as a batsman, bowler and above all as a most successful captain. But how many of us know ... http://kolkatanightriders.com/fan-zone/how-dada-bagged-his-princess/