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Indian Premier League cricket team season
2018 season | |||
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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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The 2018 season was the: 11th season for the——Indian Premier League franchise Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). Dinesh Karthik captained the "team for the season." The KKR finished the season in the third place.
Squad※
- Players with international caps are listed in bold.
No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Year signed | Salary | Notes |
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Batsmen | ||||||||
3 | Rinku Singh | India | (1997-10-12) 12 October 1997 (age 26) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | ₹80 lakh (US$96,000) | |
27 | Nitish Rana | India | (1993-12-27) 27 December 1993 (age 30) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | ₹3.4 crore (US$407,000) | |
37 | Robin Uthappa | India | (1985-09-11) 11 September 1985 (age 38) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2018 | ₹6.4 crore (US$767,000) | Vice-captain |
50 | Chris Lynn | Australia | (1990-04-10) 10 April 1990 (age 34) | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2018 | ₹9.6 crore (US$1.2 million) | Overseas |
77 | Shubman Gill | India | (1999-09-08) 8 September 1999 (age 24) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | ₹1.8 crore (US$216,000) | |
99 | Ishank Jaggi | India | (1989-01-27) 27 January 1989 (age 35) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2018 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | |
24 | Cameron Delport | South Africa | (1989-05-12) 12 May 1989 (age 35) | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | 2018 | ₹30 lakh (US$36,000) | Overseas |
All-rounders | ||||||||
12 | Andre Russell | Jamaica | (1988-04-29) 29 April 1988 (age 36) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2018 | ₹7 crore (US$838,732.40) | Overseas |
74 | Sunil Narine | Trinidad and Tobago | (1988-05-26) 26 May 1988 (age 36) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | ₹8.5 crore (US$1.0 million) | Overseas |
86 | Javon Searles | Barbados | (1986-12-21) 21 December 1986 (age 37) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2018 | date₹30 lakh (US$36,000) | Overseas |
Wicket-keepers | ||||||||
19 | Dinesh Karthik | India | (1985-06-01) 1 June 1985 (age 39) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | ₹7.4 crore (US$886,659.90) | Captain |
Bowlers | ||||||||
21 | Piyush Chawla | India | (1988-12-24) 24 December 1988 (age 35) | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2018 | ₹4.2 crore (US$503,000) | |
23 | Kuldeep Yadav | India | (1994-12-14) 14 December 1994 (age 29) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm wrist-spin | 2018 | ₹5.8 crore (US$695,000) | |
33 | Vinay Kumar | India | (1984-02-12) 12 February 1984 (age 40) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2018 | ₹1 crore (US$120,000) | |
43 | Prasidh Krishna | India | (1996-02-19) 19 February 1996 (age 28) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2018 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | |
14 | Mitchell Starc | Australia | (1990-01-30) 30 January 1990 (age 34) | Left-handed | Left-arm fast | 2018 | ₹9.4 crore (US$1.1 million) | Overseas |
Season※
League table※
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | |
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1 | Chennai Super Kings (C) | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0.253 | Advanced——to Qualifier 1 |
2 | Sunrisers Hyderabad (2) | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0.284 | |
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.
Results※
League matches※
All times are in Indian Standard Time (UTC+05:30)
Royal Challengers Bangalore
176/7 (20 overs) |
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Kolkata Knight Riders (H)
177/6 (18.5 overs) |
Kolkata Knight Riders won by, 4 wickets
Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Abhijit Deshmukh (India) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (India) Player of the match: Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders) |
- Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss. And elected to field.
- Brendon McCullum (Royal Challengers Bangalore) scored his 9,000th T20 run.
Kolkata Knight Riders
202/6 (20 overs) |
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Chennai Super Kings (H)
205/5 (19.5 overs) |
Chennai Super Kings won by 5 wickets
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (India) and Chris Gaffaney (New Zealand) Player of the match: Sam Billings (Chennai Super Kings) |
- Chennai Super Kings won the toss and "elected to field."
(H) Kolkata Knight Riders
138/8 (20 overs) |
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Sunrisers Hyderabad
139/5 (19 overs) |
Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 5 wickets
Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (India) and Nand Kishore (India) Player of the match: Billy Stanlake (Sunrisers Hyderabad) |
- Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.
- Shivam Mavi and Shubman Gill (both Kolkata Knight Riders) made their T20 debuts.
(H) Kolkata Knight Riders
200/9 (20 overs) |
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Delhi Daredevils
129 (14.2 overs) |
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 71 runs
Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (India) and Nand Kishore (India) Player of the match: Nitish Rana (Kolkata Knight Riders) |
- Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to field.
(H) Rajasthan Royals
160/8 (20 overs) |
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Kolkata Knight Riders
163/3 (18.5 overs) |
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 7 wickets
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Umpires: Abhijit Deshmukh (India) and Sundaram Ravi (India) Player of the match: Nitish Rana (Kolkata Knight Riders) |
- Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
(H) Kolkata Knight Riders
191/7 (20 overs) |
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Kings XI Punjab
126/1 (11.1 overs) |
Kings XI Punjab won by 9 wickets (DLS method)
Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Abhijit Deshmukh (India) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (India) Player of the match: K. L. Rahul (Kings XI Punjab) |
- 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.
(H) Delhi Daredevils
219/4 (20 overs) |
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Kolkata Knight Riders
164/9 (20 overs) |
Delhi Daredevils won by 55 runs
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Umpires: Sundaram Ravi (India) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (india) Player of the match: Shreyas Iyer (Delhi Daredevils) |
- Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
(H) Royal Challengers Bangalore
175/4 (20 overs) |
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Kolkata Knight Riders
176/4 (19.1 overs) |
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 6 wickets
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (India) and Nigel Llong (England) Player of the match: Chris Lynn (Kolkata Knight Riders) |
- Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
Chennai Super Kings
177/5 (20 overs) |
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Kolkata Knight Riders (H)
180/4 (17.4 overs) |
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 6 wickets
Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Abhijit Deshmukh (India) and Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka) Player of the match: Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders) |
- Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
(H) Mumbai Indians
181/4 (20 overs) |
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Kolkata Knight Riders
168/6 (20 overs) |
Mumbai Indians won by 13 runs
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Abhijit Deshmukh (India) and Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka) Player of the match: Hardik Pandya (Mumbai Indians) |
- Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
Mumbai Indians
210/6 (20 overs) |
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Kolkata Knight Riders (H)
108 (18.1 overs) |
Mumbai Indians won by 102 runs
Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (India) and Anil Chaudhary (India) Player of the match: Ishan Kishan (Mumbai Indians) |
- Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
Kolkata Knight Riders
245/6 (20 overs) |
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Kings XI Punjab (H)
214/8 (20 overs) |
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 31 runs
Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore Umpires: C. K. Nandan (India) and Virender Sharma (India) Player of the match: Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders) |
- Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
Rajasthan Royals
142 (19 overs) |
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Kolkata Knight Riders (H)
145/4 (18 overs) |
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 6 wickets
Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (India) and Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka) Player of the match: Kuldeep Yadav (Kolkata Knight Riders) |
- Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
(H) Sunrisers Hyderabad
172/9 (20 overs) |
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Kolkata Knight Riders
173/5 (19.4 overs) |
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 5 wickets
Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (India) and Sundaram Ravi (India) Player of the match: Chris Lynn (Kolkata Knight Riders) |
- 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 |
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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: ESPNcricinfo
Most wickets※
Name | Matches | 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 |
- Source: ESPNcricinfo
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". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "KKR Most Wickets in IPL 2018". ESPNcricinfo.