Home ground: Queen's Park Oval Chief executive: Venky Mysore Ground Queen's Park Oval Coach Simon Helmot Founded 2013 | Capacity: 20,000 CPL wins: 1 (2015) Captain Dwayne Bravo City Port of Spain | |
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The Trinbago Knight Riders (formerly the Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel) is a franchise cricket team of the Caribbean Premier League based in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. The Red Steel was one of the original six teams created for the tournament's inaugural 2013 season. Their home ground is Queen's Park Oval.
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- History
- Squad
- Home ground
- References
In 2015, Red Chillies Entertainment, the parent company of Indian Premier League team Kolkata Knight Riders, purchased stake in the Red Steel. The Red Steel went on to win the 2015 tournament. After the season, the name was changed to Trinbago Knight Riders.
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History
The Trinidad and 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 178–158 at Queen's Park Oval.
Also in 2015, Red Chillies Entertainment, led by Bollywood actors Shah Rukh Khan and Juhi Chawla and their families, 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 has invested in a Twenty20 cricket league outside India. In 2016, Red Chillies Entertainment took over the team's operations and changed the name to the Knight Riders. The core team will remain the same in 2016, with Dwayne Bravo at the helm. However, the team's marquee foreign player will be New Zealand's Brendon McCullum, who has played for KKR in the past. Colin Munro and Sunil Narine currently play for both the Knight Riders teams.
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Squad
Players with international caps are listed in bold.
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.