Kochi Tuskers Kerala

The franchise initially announced that the name of the team would be "Indi Commandos Kerala". This led to negative responses worldwide.[8] The franchise management suggested that a move to Ahmedabad was possible, moving the team away from Kochi,[9] due in part to a comparatively high entertainment tax in Kerala (36%).[10] This invoked a mass response on social networks, particularly on Facebook,[11] forcing management to change the team name and logo. A poll on the franchise's official website eventually determined the team name.[12][13] The decision to move the home ground was dropped when the Corporation of Cochin waived 50% of the entertainment tax levee.[14]

Due to a dispute amongst the team owners, the franchise failed to pay the 10% bank guarantee element of the franchise fee which was supposed to be paid before the 2011 season began. The BCCI claimed that it had sent several requests for payment to the franchise owners but received no response.[15] On 19 September 2011, then BCCI president N. Srinivasan announced that the franchise was being terminated because it had failed to provide the bank guarantee.[16] On 14 October 2011, the IPL Governing Council announced that there would be only nine teams participating in 2012 after the Kochi franchise was expelled.[17] The players from the side were auctioned to other franchises in the 2012 IPL player auction. Players who attracted no bids had their salaries covered via the team's bank guarantee from the previous season.[18]

On 13 January 2012, the BCCI asked overseas players who had signed a contract with the franchise to sue the owners, with the BCCI included as a party to each case.[19][20]

In February 2012, Rendezvous Sports World announced that it would take the BCCI to court over its termination from the IPL.[21] In July 2015, a court-appointed arbitrator Justice Lahoti ordered the BCCI to pay ₹550 crore (US$77 million) as compensation for terminating the franchise agreement. ESPNCricinfo reported that the franchise owners had requested the BCCI to permit the team to return to the IPL, in lieu of the compensation awarded by the arbitrator.

The jersey of Kochi Tuskers Kerala 2011 was purple hazes in orange T-shirt and orange pants . The team management had explained the selection of colours – orange for the highest run scorer and purple for the highest wicket-taker- the colours of the caps .[22]

Federal Bank, a major Indian commercial bank in the private sector, with headquarters in Aluva, Kerala, was the principal sponsor of Kochi Tuskers Kerala.[23] The tickets for KTK's home matches were sold through Federal bank branches and their website. The Ticket sales of Kochi Tuskers Kerala was officially started in a ceremony hosted at the Le Meridian Hotel Kochi, on 28 March. Soon after, the tickets become available at the team's official ticketing partner website kyazoonga.com.[24]

Lotto, an Italian sports goods manufacturer was the apparel sponsor for the team.[25]

V-Guard, an electronics company and AVT, a tea brand were the associate sponsors. Elite Foods, Parinee Developers and Anchor Earth are the other main sponsors.

External video

Signature song of Kochi Tuskers Kerala

The signature song of Kochi Tuskers Kerala is composed by veteran film score composer Ouseppachan. The music video for the song was filmed by Priyadarshan and his cinematographer Thiru. The song was shot at various locales including Paravur, Cherraai, Varapuzha backwaters and the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. It features almost all the leading players in the team as well as Malayalam movie actress Rima Kallingal.[26][27][28]

• DNQ = Did Not Qualify