Bijapur Bulls

Bijapur Bulls is franchise cricket team representing Gulbarga zone, Karnataka in the Karnataka Premier League (KPL). It is one of the eight founding member teams of KPL 2009. The franchise is owned by Vivid Kreations.

The team is currently captained by Balachandra Akhil and has played twice in the semi finals.

About Franchise

Bijapur Bulls (BB) is a franchise of Karnataka Premier League (KPL) owned by Vivid Kreations. At the inaugural auction of Karnataka Premier League (KPL), Bijapur Bulls was one of the eight teams that were formed. Mr. Kiran Kattimani is the founder of Vivid Kreations and thus the owner of the BB franchise. Bijapur Bulls represent the Gulbarga zone of Karnataka State. Its logo is inspired by the famous Gol Gumbaz monument in Bijapur.

Team name, motto and logo design

Bijapur Bulls logo is inspired by the famous Gol Gumbaz monument in Bijapur. The colors are derived from the Karnataka state flag.

Team history

Season 1

Bijapur Bulls finished third on the points table in the opening season of KPL. They lost in the semis to Bangalore Provident (Rural) by 20 runs. The squad for Season 1 : Sudhindra Shinde (c), Akshay, Deepak Anish, Mithun Birala, Stuart Binny, Pranesh Desai, Gaurav Dheeman, Abhishek Jagan, Ravi Kane, Vijay Kumar, Daniel Liao, Mohammed Arif, Devraj Patil, Nelson Pinto, Surendra Prasad, Praveen Kumar, Karan Rao, Arvind Reddy, Allpally Sandeep, Jayaprakash Shetty and Harishachar Vinay Kumar.

Season 2

Bijapur Bulls finished seventh on the points table in the season and did not qualify for the semi finals.

Season 3

This was the Best season for Bijapur Bulls, who finished top of the table. Bijapur Bulls lost to Belagavi Panthers in the crucial semi final. This is the second time Bijapur Bulls has lost in the semi finals. But the season marked the rise of mystery spinner KC Cariappa, who was then selected to play the IPL as he was picked by Kolkata Knight Riders. Other players, who starred this season were Abhimanyu Mithun, R. Samarth and Deepak Chougule. The squad for Season 3 : Deepak Chougule (c), R. Samarth, MG Naveen, KC Avinash, S Sampath, KR Kapoor, Nishant Singh, A Mithun, A Manohar, KP Appanna, D Negi, KL Shrijith, AR Bhatt and KC Cariappa.

Season 4

Robin Uthappa will star in Season 4 for Bijapur Bulls. The squad for Season 4 includes : Robin Uthappa, R. Samarth, Balachandra Akhil ,Suneel Raju, Nidhis, Rajoo Bhatkal, Appanna KP, Abhimanyu Mithun, KC Cariappa, Deepak Chougule (c), Vyshak Vijaykumar, Adhitya Somanna, Raghavendra C, Sharath BR. (Wk), Ritesh Bhatkal

Seasons

• Q = Qualified; DNQ = Did Not Qualify; TBD = To Be Decided

Current squad

• Players with international caps are listed in bold.
•  *  denotes a player who is currently injured/unavailable.
•  *  denotes a player who is unavailable for the rest of the season.

No.	Name	Nat	Birth date	Batting Style	Bowling Style	Notes
Batsmen
1	Robin Uthappa		(1985-09-11) 11 September 1985	Right-handed	Right Arm Medium
2	Abhimanyu Mithun		(1989-10-25) 25 October 1989	Right-handed	Right Arm Medium
3	Deepak Chougule		(1984-04-01) 1 April 1984	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
4	Ravikumar Samarth		(1993-01-22) 22 January 1993	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
5	K P Appanna		(1988-12-20) 20 December 1988	Right-handed	Slow Left-arm orthodox
6	Raghavendra C
7	Aditya Somanna		(1996-04-14) 14 April 1996	Right-handed	Right-arm Medium pace
8	Cariappa Nishan
9	Balachandra Akhil		(1977-10-07) 7 October 1977	Right-handed	Right-arm Medium pace	(CAPT)
10	Nidhish			Right-handed
11	Rajoo Bhatkal			Right-handed	Medium pace
12	Vyshak Vijaykumar
13	Ritesh Bhatkal			Right-handed	Right arm Off Spin
14	Sharath BR		(1991-09-01) 1 September 1991	Right-handed	Wicket Keeper
15	Suneel Raju			Right-handed	Right arm Off Spin

Administration and support staff

• Owner – Vivid Kreations Kiran Kattimani
• Coach - Rajshekar Shanbal
• Assistant Coach - Anil
• Physio - Manjunath
• CEO - Sudhin
• Mentor - Srikanth
• Trainer - Nagendra Prasad

External links

• Bijapur Bulls Official website bijapurbulls.com
• Karbonn KPL Website karbonnkpl.com