Kolkata Knight Riders in 2018
The 2018 season was the 11th season for the Indian Premier League franchise Kolkata Knight Riders. Dinesh Karthik was captaining the team for the eleventh season.
| 2018 season | |||
| Coach | Jacques Kallis | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Captain | Dinesh Karthik | ||
| Ground(s) | Eden Gardens | ||
| IPL | 3rd | ||
| Most runs | Dinesh Karthik (498) | ||
| Most wickets | Kuldeep Yadav (17) Sunil Narine (17) | ||
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Squad
- Players with international caps are listed in bold.
| No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Year signed | Salary | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batsmen | ||||||||
| 3 | Rinku Singh |  India | 12 October 1997 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | ₹80 lakh (US$100,000) | |
| 27 | Nitish Rana | India | 27 December 1993 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | ₹3.4 crore (US$426,000) | |
| 37 | Robin Uthappa | India | 11 September 1985 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2018 | ₹6.4 crore (US$801,000) | Vice-captain |
| 50 | Chris Lynn | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia | 10 April 1990 | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2018 | ₹9.6 crore (US$1.2 million) | Overseas |
| 77 | Shubman Gill | India | 8 September 1999 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | ₹1.8 crore (US$225,000) | |
| 99 | Ishank Jaggi | India | 27 January 1989 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2018 | ₹20 lakh (US$25,000) | |
| 24 | Cameron Delport |  South Africa | 12 May 1989 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | 2018 | ₹30 lakh (US$38,000) | Overseas |
| All-rounders | ||||||||
| 12 | Andre Russell |  Jamaica | 29 April 1988 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2018 | ₹7 crore (US$876,635.00) | Overseas |
| 74 | Sunil Narine |  Trinidad and Tobago | 26 May 1988 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | ₹8.5 crore (US$1.1 million) | Overseas |
| 86 | Javon Searles |  Barbados | 21 December 1986 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2018 | date₹30 lakh (US$38,000) | Overseas |
| Wicket-keepers | ||||||||
| 19 | Dinesh Karthik | India | 1 June 1985 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | ₹7.4 crore (US$926,728.40) | Captain |
| Bowlers | ||||||||
| 21 | Piyush Chawla | India | 24 December 1988 | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2018 | ₹4.2 crore (US$526,000) | |
| 23 | Kuldeep Yadav | India | 14 December 1994 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm wrist-spin | 2018 | ₹5.8 crore (US$726,000) | |
| 33 | Vinay Kumar | India | 12 February 1984 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2018 | ₹1 crore (US$125,000) | |
| 43 | Prasidh Krishna | India | 19 February 1996 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2018 | ₹20 lakh (US$25,000) | |
| 14 | Mitchell Starc | Australia | 30 January 1990 | Left-handed | Left-arm fast | 2018 | ₹9.4 crore (US$1.2 million) | Overseas |
Season
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sunrisers Hyderabad (2) | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0.284 | Advanced to Qualifier 1 |
| 2 | Chennai Super Kings (C) | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0.253 | |
| 3 | Kolkata Knight Riders (3) | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 16 | −0.070 | Advanced to the Eliminator |
| 4 | Rajasthan Royals (4) | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | −0.250 | |
| 5 | Mumbai Indians | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 0.317 | |
| 6 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 0.129 | |
| 7 | Kings XI Punjab | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | −0.502 | |
| 8 | Delhi Daredevils | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 10 | −0.222 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo
The four top ranked teams qualify for the playoffs.
League matches
Royal Challengers Bangalore 176/7 (20 overs) |
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- Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
- Brendon McCullum (Royal Challengers Bangalore) scored his 9,000th T20 run.[2]
v |
Sunrisers Hyderabad 139/5 (19 overs) | |
- Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.
- Shivam Mavi and Shubman Gill (both Kolkata Knight Riders) made their T20 debuts.
v |
Kings XI Punjab 126/1 (11.1 overs) | |
- Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
- Rain interrupted play after 8.2 overs of the Kings XI Punjab innings and the target was revised to 125 runs from 13 overs.
v |
Kolkata Knight Riders 173/5 (19.4 overs) | |
- Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat.
- Kolkata Knight Riders qualified for the playoffs as a result of this match.
Statistics
Most runs
| Name | Matches | Inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dinesh Karthik | 16 | 16 | 498 | 52 | 49.80 | 147.77 |
| Chris Lynn | 16 | 16 | 491 | 74 | 32.73 | 130.23 |
| Sunil Narine | 16 | 16 | 357 | 75 | 22.31 | 189.89 |
| Robin Uthappa | 16 | 16 | 351 | 54 | 21.93 | 132.45 |
| Andre Russell | 16 | 16 | 316 | 88* | 28.72 | 184.79 |
- Source: Cricinfo[3]
Most wickets
| Name | Matches | Wkts | BBI | Ave | Eco |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kuldeep Yadav | 16 | 17 | 4/20 | 24.58 | 8.14 |
| Sunil Narine | 16 | 17 | 3/18 | 27.47 | 7.65 |
| Piyush Chawla | 15 | 14 | 3/48 | 29.42 | 8.40 |
| Andre Russell | 16 | 13 | 3/31 | 27.30 | 9.38 |
| Prasidh Krishna | 7 | 10 | 4/30 | 26.00 | 9.28 |
- Source: Cricinfo[4]
References
- "Tom Curran replaces Starc in Kolkata Knight Riders squad". ESPNCricinfo. 30 March 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- "Brendon McCullum marches onto become the second player to cross 9000 T20 runs". Times Now. 8 April 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- "KKR Most Runs in IPL 2018". Cricinfo.
- "KKR Most Wickets in IPL 2018". Cricinfo.
External links
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