Kolkata Knight Riders in 2018
2018 season | |||
Coach | Jacques Kallis | ||
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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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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.
Squad
- Players with international caps are listed in bold.
No. | Name | Nat | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Signed year | Salary | Notes |
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Batsmen | ||||||||
3 | Rinku Singh | 12 October 1997 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | ₹80 lakh (US$111,000) | ||
24 | Cameron Delport | 12 May 1989 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | 2018 | ₹30 lakh (US$42,000) | Overseas | |
27 | Nitish Rana | 27 December 1993 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | ₹3.4 crore (US$473,000) | ||
50 | Chris Lynn | 10 April 1990 | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2018 | ₹9.6 crore (US$1.3 million) | Overseas | |
77 | Shubman Gill | 8 September 1999 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | ₹1.8 crore (US$251,000) | ||
N/A | Ishank Jaggi | 27 January 1989 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2018 | ₹20 lakh (US$28,000) | ||
N/A | Apoorv Wankhade | 14 March 1992 | Right-handed | 2018 | ₹20 lakh (US$28,000) | |||
All-rounders | ||||||||
12 | Andre Russell | 29 April 1988 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2018 | ₹7 crore (US$974,848.00) | Overseas | |
74 | Sunil Narine | 26 May 1988 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | ₹8.5 crore (US$1.2 million) | Overseas | |
86 | Javon Searles | 21 December 1986 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2018 | ₹30 lakh (US$42,000) | Overseas | |
N/A | Kamlesh Nagarkoti | 28 December 1999 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2018 | ₹3.2 crore (US$446,000) | ||
Wicket-keepers | ||||||||
19 | Dinesh Karthik | 1 June 1985 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | ₹7.4 crore (US$1.0 million) | Captain | |
37 | Robin Uthappa | 11 September 1985 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2018 | ₹6.4 crore (US$891,000) | Vice-captain | |
Bowlers | ||||||||
21 | Piyush Chawla | 24 December 1988 | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2018 | ₹4.2 crore (US$585,000) | ||
23 | Kuldeep Yadav | 14 December 1994 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm chinaman | 2018 | ₹5.8 crore (US$808,000) | ||
32 | Shivam Mavi | 26 November 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2018 | ₹3 crore (US$418,000) | ||
33 | Vinay Kumar | 12 February 1984 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2018 | ₹1 crore (US$139,000) | ||
43 | Prasidh Krishna | 19 February 1996 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2018 | ₹20 lakh (US$28,000) | ||
59 | Tom Curran | 12 March 1995 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2018 | ₹1.62 crore (US$226,000) | Overseas[1] | |
N/A | Mitchell Starc | 30 January 1990 | Left-handed | Left-arm fast | 2018 | ₹9.4 crore (US$1.3 million) | Overseas |
Season
League table
Team |
Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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Sunrisers Hyderabad (2) | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 | +0.284 |
Chennai Super Kings (C) | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 | +0.253 |
Kolkata Knight Riders (3) | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | -0.070 |
Rajasthan Royals (4) | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | -0.250 |
Mumbai Indians | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12 | +0.317 |
Royal Challengers Bangalore | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12 | +0.129 |
Kings XI Punjab | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12 | -0.502 |
Delhi Daredevils | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 10 | -0.222 |
- The four top ranked teams qualify for the playoffs
- advanced to Qualifier 1
- advanced to the Eliminator
Results
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.
Statistics
Most runs
Name | Nat | Mat | 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 | |
- Last Update: 29 May 2018.
- Source: Cricinfo[3]
Most wickets
Name | Nat | Mat | Wkts | BBI | Ave | Eco |
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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 |
- Last Update: 29 May 2018.
- The player with the most wickets at the end of the tournament receives the Purple Cap.
- 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.
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