The Kochi IPL Team are a cricket team based in the city of Kochi, a major seaport located on the south-west coast of India by the Arabian Sea, in Ernakulam district of the state of Kerala. The team was one of two new franchisees added to the Indian Premier League (IPL) for the 2011 season, alongside the Sahara Pune Warriors. The Kochi Team franchise is owned by Kochi Cricket Pvt Ltd., which is a consortium of multiple companies.
The Share holding Pattern
- Anchor Earth (31.4%)
- Parinee Developers (30.6%)
- Film Waves Combine (13.5%)
- Anand Shyam (9.5%)
- Vivek Venugopal (5%)
- Rendezvous Sports World (10%)
Coach
GEOFFREY FRANCIS LAWSON
Players
S Sreesanth
VVS Laxman
R P Singh
Parthiv Patel
Ravindra Jadeja
Ramesh Powar
Vinay Kumar
Mahela Jayawardene
Brendon McCullum
Steven Smith
Muttiah Muralitharan
Brad Hodge
Thisara Perara
Steve O Keefe
Michael Klinger
John Hastings
Owais Shah