3 US MLC team nicknames are so much better than IPL teams

[BacktoCricaddict]

Freedom 

Orcas

Unicorns

 

Others, just as bad as IPL 

 

Wtf is a knight rider?

Super Kings? Puke 

MINY? Where's the creativity?

 

[G_B_]

I think that was a different era when ipl teams were named...

 

I still dont know what a super king is..

[cowboysfan]

you don't think a team named after a liquor brand is a good idea?

[vvvslaxman]

2 hours ago, G_B_ said:

I think that was a different era when ipl teams were named...

 

I still dont know what a super king is..

The word super is one of the most commonly used expression in TN to describe anything. . So i am not surprised super there. But not sure where kings came from. This is from early 1990s movie

 

 

Edited June 15, 2025 by vvvslaxman

[vvvslaxman]

https://www.quora.com/Why-do-Tamilians-utter-the-word-super-instead-of-awesome-amazing-etc

 

 

[kosingh]

The team names have been correctly chosen for the Indian audience. Mass appeal.

In fact I am surprised they didn't go with desi names.

Delhi Dhamakas. 

I suppose you can't alienate the overseas audience either 

[New guy]

9 hours ago, cowboysfan said:

you don't think a team named after a liquor brand is a good idea?

Still way way better than all kings and mumbai indians. 

[New guy]

4 hours ago, kosingh said:

The team names have been correctly chosen for the Indian audience. Mass appeal.

In fact I am surprised they didn't go with desi names.

Delhi Dhamakas. 

I suppose you can't alienate the overseas audience either 

How is everything being kings mass appeal? There are a million indian names which sound great than thinking about kings in today's day and age.

[Gollum]

8 hours ago, vvvslaxman said:

https://www.quora.com/Why-do-Tamilians-utter-the-word-super-instead-of-awesome-amazing-etc

 

 

PHL had a Chennai based team named Veerans. Why not something like that, or a Cholans/Chozhans? Our people at decision making level lack creativity. 

 

What does KnightRiders even mean? I mean Bengal is world famous for its Royal Bengal Tigers. Why not a simple Bengal Tigers with Tiger as mascot? Even a 6 year old can come up with that. At least Gujarat Lions name was apt, due to the Asiatic lion population in that state. Kochi Tuskers as well. 

[kosingh]

35 minutes ago, Gollum said:

PHL had a Chennai based team named Veerans. Why not something like that, or a Cholans/Chozhans? Our people at decision making level lack creativity. 

 

What does KnightRiders even mean? I mean Bengal is world famous for its Royal Bengal Tigers. Why not a simple Bengal Tigers with Tiger as mascot? Even a 6 year old can come up with that. At least Gujarat Lions name was apt, due to the Asiatic lion population in that state. Kochi Tuskers as well. 

 

KnightRiders might actually be my favorite team name. No idea what it means. But at least it's creative and atypical than the typical name that has kings, royal, super or something similar. Knightriders does, however, sound more like the name of a cycling team. 

Edited June 16, 2025 by kosingh

[diga]

3 hours ago, kosingh said:

 

KnightRiders might actually be my favorite team name. No idea what it means. But at least it's creative and atypical than the typical name that has kings, royal, super or something similar. Knightriders does, however, sound more like the name of a cycling team. 

probably inspired by knightrider, the 90s sitcom based on a supercar

[JazzyB]

mumbai indians has for to be the worst frnachise name of all time. Zero idea zero creativity just ego driven. What is it supposed to even mean? Thats like saying Boston Americans in NBA 

 

to make matters worse they carry this name over to other leagues with teams such as mumbai indians new york or mumbai indians cape town despite those teams being in different cities so now you have a team with two city names and indians somewhere in between

 

at least with knightriders or super kings they drop the kolkata or chennai and call them los Angeles Knight Riders or Texas Super Kings

[goose]

how anyone can support this contrived nonsense is beyond me! 

[kosingh]

Daredevils was a great name and they got rid of it

[sandeep]

18 hours ago, kosingh said:

The team names have been correctly chosen for the Indian audience. Mass appeal.

In fact I am surprised they didn't go with desi names.

Delhi Dhamakas. 

I suppose you can't alienate the overseas audience either 

Indian audiences still find "englis" names cooler.  so why would a team bother with a desi name like 'Dhamaka' no matter how good or catchy.

 

Thats the reality of what is 'popular' culture. The wheel hasn't turned fully quite yet, if it ever will.

[rollingstoned]

13 hours ago, Gollum said:

PHL had a Chennai based team named Veerans. Why not something like that, or a Cholans/Chozhans? Our people at decision making level lack creativity. 

 

What does KnightRiders even mean? I mean Bengal is world famous for its Royal Bengal Tigers. Why not a simple Bengal Tigers with Tiger as mascot? Even a 6 year old can come up with that. At least Gujarat Lions name was apt, due to the Asiatic lion population in that state. Kochi Tuskers as well. 

Tnpl teams have better names. 

[BacktoCricaddict]

14 hours ago, kosingh said:

 

KnightRiders might actually be my favorite team name. No idea what it means. But at least it's creative and atypical than the typical name that has kings, royal, super or something similar. Knightriders does, however, sound more like the name of a cycling team. 

The best team names reflect something about the city or region. That's why - as @Gollum said - names like Gujarat Lions, Kochi Tuskers, Chennai Veerans etc make sense.  Even in American sports, some team names are spot-on - Cowboys, 49ers, Steelers, Packers, Panthers, Pistons, Seahawks, Dophins, erstwhile Supersonics, Lakers when they were in Minnesota etc. 

 

Others like Detroit Lions and Cincinnati Bengals make no sense. Who has ever seen a lion or bengal tiger in the American midwest?  But, at least, they are powerful animals and not some homage to generic royalty like the Sacramento Kings. The worst one ever might be the erstwhile Charlotte Bobcats, apparently named for their owner Bob Johnson. 

 

If nothing - there are so many vicious or cute animals/birds in India that can be chosen. Tigers, Cobras, Vipers, Eagles, etc.

 

Heck, RCB should rename themselves the Bengaluru Kingfishers - homage to the beer and to its most famous fisherman-King Kohli.

 

 

 

 

[BacktoCricaddict]

11 hours ago, diga said:

probably inspired by knightrider, the 90s sitcom based on a supercar

...which wouldn't last a day on the streets of Kolkata :-)

[diga]

7 hours ago, BacktoCricaddict said:

...which wouldn't last a day on the streets of Kolkata :-)

Autonomous driving before anything like that was invented.... The music quite catchy and could never get that on my keyboard 

[kosingh]

12 hours ago, JazzyB said:

mumbai indians has for to be the worst frnachise name of all time. Zero idea zero creativity just ego driven. What is it supposed to even mean? Thats like saying Boston Americans in NBA 

 

to make matters worse they carry this name over to other leagues with teams such as mumbai indians new york or mumbai indians cape town despite those teams being in different cities so now you have a team with two city names and indians somewhere in between

 

at least with knightriders or super kings they drop the kolkata or chennai and call them los Angeles Knight Riders or Texas Super Kings

 

Well there's the Cleveland Indians...different kind of Indians, of course. But yes Mumbai Indians is an awful name.