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Trinbago Knight Riders
CPL franchise based in Trinidad and Tobago From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Trinbago Knight Riders (formerly the Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel) are a professional Twenty20 cricket team based in the Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago that competes in the Caribbean Premier League, a franchise-based cricket league since 2013. Their home ground is Queen's Park Oval. They are the most successful team in CPL history, winning four titles in 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2020 respectively.
The Red Steel are among the original six teams established for the tournament's inaugural edition. In 2015, Knight Riders Group, the parent company of Indian Premier League team Kolkata Knight Riders, purchased the majority stake in the Red Steel.[1] The Red Steel went on to win the 2015 tournament.[2] After the victorious season, the franchise name was renamed to Trinbago Knight Riders in 2016, to promote the brand legacy of the Knight Riders overseas.[3] The franchise is owned by the Knight Riders Group, a sporting subsidiary alliance between the Red Chillies Entertainment and the Mehta Group, which also owns the Women's team that plays in the Women's Caribbean Premier League.[4]
The side's all-time leading run-scorer is Colin Munro, while their leading wicket-taker is Dwayne Bravo, who is now serving as the head-coach of the team since the 2025 edition.
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The Trinidad & 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 by 20 runs at Queen's Park Oval.[2]
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.[1] 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, Javon Searles, Brendon McCullum, Colin Munro, Darren Bravo and Chris Lynn have also played for KKR before. Sunil Narine and Andre Russell are the only players who currently plays for both the Knight Riders teams.[5] Simon Katich in 2017, replaced fellow Australian Simon Helmot as the head coach.[6]
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Current squad
- Players with international caps are listed in bold.
- As of 7 July 2024
- Source: Trinbago Knight Riders players
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Administration and support staff
Statistics
- As of 18 April 2024
Most runs
Most wickets
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Overall results
Season's summary
- As of 15 September 2021
- Source: ESPNcricinfo[7]
- Abandoned matches are counted as NR (no result)
- Win or loss by super over or boundary count are counted as tied
- Tied+Win - Counted as a win and Tied+Loss - Counted as a loss
- NR indicates - No Result
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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.
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Seasons
Caribbean Premier League
The 6ixty
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Knight Riders Group
Knight Riders Group also include the following teams in various T-20 format leagues and championships:-
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