Karbonn KPL 2016: Know your team – Namma Shivamogga

Namma Shivamogga is one of the newest teams in the Karbonn Karnataka Premier League powered by Cycle Agarbathies, having made their debut only in the year 2015.

However, Namma Shivamogga have a strong team with a number of exciting players in the ranks. Stuart Binny, the India international cricketer, who was recently in the Indian team on their tour of the West Indies, is a key player of the Namma Shivamogga team owned by Umapathy MS of SGB Crushers group.

The team has a number of other excellent first class cricketers including Shreyas Gopal, Abrar Kazi, David Mathias, KP Appanna and some promising youngsters including the hard-hitting batsman Sadiq Kirmani, Pavan Deshpande, Zeeshan Ali, Nischal, KV Siddharth and others.

The team coached by former cricketer GK Anil Kumar has a good mix of experience and youth and, its many all rounders will be an asset in the T20 form of the game.

In the 2015 edition of the Karnataka Premier League, Namma Shivamogga finished in 6th place in the points table with just six points. But the nature of T20 cricket is such that any team with so many hard-hitting batsmen and good all-rounders must fancy its chances on its day.

Namma Shivamogga will certainly be very competitive in this edition, particularly as they have picked a good number of all-rounders at the auction.

Binny and Mathias would be their main medium pacers while Kazi, Gopal and Deshpande would be the main spinners. The fact that all these players can also bat pretty well will be the team’s strength. Another bowler who could be expected to serve the team well is the experienced left-arm spinner KP Appanna, who has had plenty of IPL experience.

Kirmani, who scored an unbeaten 87, last season, can be pretty handy with the bat and Namma Shivamogga would look up to him and other youngsters to take the fight to the opposition.

Namma Shivamogga is primed to go and this could well be their season of reckoning.

Team:

Sadiq KirmaniShreyas Gopal (C)Abrar KaziPavan DeshpandeDavid MathiasSiddharth K VStuart BinnyKp AppannaZeeshan Ali SayeedNischal DNikin JoseSharath SrinivasPradeep GangadharHoysala KSharan GoudaRohan RajuVineet ManjunathYuvraj RBharath PrashanthRishabh G M

Owners

Umapathy MS

Support Staff

Raghavendra S - ManagerG K Anil Kumar - CoachDeepak Chougule - CoachAnutosh Poll- CEOIrfanulla Khan Jaba Prabu - PhysioChetan Pojary - Co-ordinatorKiran Kudtarakar - Video Analyst

All matches of the Karbonn KPL 2016 will be telecast live and exclusive on Sony ESPN and Sony ESPN HD Channels.