Royal Bengal Tigers
Royal Bengal Tigers (formerly Kolkata Tigers until the 2008 Edelweiss 20s Challenge) is one of the nine teams that competes in The INDIAN Cricket League (ICL). This team is based in Kolkata, India and its captain is former New Zealand all rounder Craig McMillan.
Players
The squad announced for the inaugural tournament comprises five international cricketers, including big-hitting stars such as Darren Maddy, Craig McMillan, and Lance Klusener.
Squad
Coach - Darryl Cullinan
- Craig McMillan (New Zealand)
- Parviz Aziz(Assam)
- Darren Maddy (England)
- Abhishek Jhunjhunwala (Kolkata)
- Lance Klusener (South Africa)
- Rohan Gavaskar (Bengal)
- Upul Chandana (Sri Lanka)
- Deep Dasgupta (Bengal)
- Abu Nechim (Assam)
- Shiv Sagar Singh (Bengal)
- Boyd Rankin (Ireland)
- Mihir Diwakar (Jharkhand)
- Rajiv Kumar (Kolkata)
- Sayed Akhlakh Ahmed (Kolkata)
- Subhomoy Das (Kolkata)
- Sujay Tarafdar (Assam)
- Pritam Das (Assam)
- Anshu Jain
- Ali H. Zaidi
Coach
The coach for the Kolkata Royal Bengal Tigers is former South African batsman Daryll Cullinan.
Previous performance
Tournament |
Placement |
|---|---|
2007 Indian Cricket League 20-20 Indian Championship |
4th place |
2008 Indian Cricket League 50s |
4th place |
2008 Indian Cricket League Edelweiss 20s Challenge |
4th place |
2008 Indian Cricket League 20-20 Domestic Tournament |
3rd place |
2008 Indian Cricket League 20-20 Indian Championship, 2008/09 |
4th place |
Tigers TV Promotion
- Publicity for Indian cricket league appeared on Indian television channels. The official promotion video of Kolkata Tigers is Kolkata Tigers- Humse Bachke Rehna