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Royal Bengal Tigers (sports team)
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{{About-distinguish|defunct [[Indian Cricket League|ICL]] team|Bengal tigers (animal)}}<br />
{{Infobox cricket team<br />
|name = Royal Bengal Tigers<br />
|image = <br />
|coach = {{flagicon|South Africa}} [[Daryll Cullinan]]<br />
|captain = {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Craig McMillan]]<br />
|overseas = [[Craig McMillan]] (New Zealand), [[Darren Maddy]] (England), [[Upul Chandana]] (Sri Lanka), [[Boyd Rankin]] (Ireland)[[Lance Klusener]] (South Africa)<br />
|founded = 2007<br />
|dissolved = 2009<br />
|owner = [[Mithun Chakraborty]]<br />
|ground =<br />
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|nlwins = <br />
|fptwins = <br />
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The '''Royal Bengal Tigers''' ({{lang-bn|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.<ref>{{cite news |author = Rediff staff|url = http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2007/nov/14icl.htm|title = ICL announces team lists|publisher =Rediff|date = 14 November 2007|access-date = 2007-11-14}}<br />
</ref><ref>{{cite news |author = Cricinfo staff|url = http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/320289.html|title = IPlayer roster for six teams finalised|publisher = Cricinfo |date = 14 November 2007|access-date = 2007-11-14}}<br />
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== Players ==<br />
The squad announced for the inaugural tournament included five international cricketers, including stars such as [[Darren Maddy]], [[Craig McMillan]], and [[Lance Klusener]].<br />
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===Former squad===<br />
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'''Coach''' - [[Daryll Cullinan]]<br />
* [[Craig McMillan]] (New Zealand)<br />
* [[Andre Adams]] (New Zealand)<br />
* [[Parvez Aziz]] (Assam)<br />
* [[Darren Maddy]] (England)<br />
* [[Abhishek Jhunjhunwala]] (Kolkata)<br />
* [[Lance Klusener]] (South Africa)<br />
* [[Rohan Gavaskar]] (Bengal)<br />
* [[Upul Chandana]] (Sri Lanka)<br />
* [[Deep Dasgupta]] (Bengal)<br />
* [[Abu Nechim]] (Assam)<br />
* [[Shibsagar Singh]] (Bengal)<br />
* [[Boyd Rankin]] (Ireland)<br />
* Mihir Diwakar (Jharkhand)<br />
* Rajiv Kumar (Kolkata)<br />
* Somnath Auddy (Kolkata)<br />
* Sayed Akhlakh Ahmed (Kolkata)<br />
* [[Subhomoy Das]] (Kolkata)<br />
* [[Sujay Tarafdar]] (Assam)<br />
* [[Pritam Das]] (Assam)<br />
* [[Anshu Jain]]<br />
* Ali H. Zaidi<br />
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== Coach ==<br />
The coach for the Royal Bengal Tigers was former South African batsman [[Daryll Cullinan]].<br />
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==Previous performance==<br />
{| class="wikitable" align=left<br />
! width=175px | Tournament !! Placement<br />
|-<br />
|[[ICL 20-20 Indian Championship 2007–08]] || 4th place<br />
|-<br />
|2008 Indian Cricket League 50s || 4th place<br />
|-<br />
|[[ICL 20s Grand Championship 2007–08]] || 4th place<br />
|-<br />
|2008 Indian Cricket League 20-20 Domestic Tournament || 3rd place<br />
|-<br />
|2008 Indian Cricket League 20-20 Indian Championship, 2008/09 || 4th place<br />
|}<br />
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{{Clear}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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{{Indian Cricket League teams}}<br />
{{West Bengal Sports}}<br />
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[[Category:Indian Cricket League teams]]<br />
[[Category:Cricket clubs established in 2007]]<br />
[[Category:Sport in Kolkata]]<br />
[[Category:Former senior cricket clubs of India]]<br />
[[Category:2007 establishments in West Bengal]]<br />
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