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Royal Bengal Tigers (sports team)

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Owner:
  
Mithun Chakraborty

Coach
  
Daryll Cullinan

Founded:
  
2007

Captain
  
Craig McMillan

The Royal Bengal Tigers (Bengali: রয়্যাল বেঙ্গল টাইগার্স, formerly the Kolkata Tigers until the 2008 Edelweiss 20s Challenge, was one of the nine teams that played in the defunct Indian Cricket League (ICL). The Royal Bengal Tigers were based in Kolkata, India and their captain was former New Zealand all rounder Craig McMillan.

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Players

The squad announced for the inaugural tournament included five international cricketers, including stars such as Darren Maddy, Craig McMillan, and Lance Klusener.

Former squad

Coach - Daryll Cullinan

  • Craig McMillan (New Zealand)
  • Andre Adams (New Zealand)
  • Parvez 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)
  • Shibsagar 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 Royal Bengal Tigers was former South African batsman Daryll Cullinan.

    References

    Royal Bengal Tigers (sports team) Wikipedia
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