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.

Kolkata Knight Riders
2018 season
CoachJacques Kallis
CaptainDinesh Karthik
Ground(s)Eden Gardens
IPL3rd
Most runsDinesh Karthik (498)
Most wicketsKuldeep 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 Signed year Salary Notes
Batsmen
3Rinku Singh (1997-10-12) 12 October 1997Left-handedRight-arm off break2018₹80 lakh (US$112,000)
27Nitish Rana (1993-12-27) 27 December 1993Left-handedRight-arm off break2018₹3.4 crore (US$477,000)
37Robin Uthappa (1985-09-11) 11 September 1985Right-handedRight-arm medium2018₹6.4 crore (US$897,000)Vice-captain
50Chris Lynn (1990-04-10) 10 April 1990Right-handedSlow left-arm orthodox2018₹9.6 crore (US$1.3 million)Overseas
77Shubman Gill (1999-09-08) 8 September 1999Right-handedRight-arm off break2018₹1.8 crore (US$252,000)
99Eoin Morgan (1989-01-27) 27 January 1989Right-handedRight-arm leg break2018₹20 lakh (US$28,000)
24Cameron Delport (1989-05-12) 12 May 1989Left-handedRight-arm medium2018₹30 lakh (US$42,000)Overseas
All-rounders
12Andre Russell (1988-04-29) 29 April 1988Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium2018₹7 crore (US$981,400.00)Overseas
74Sunil Narine (1988-05-26) 26 May 1988Left-handedRight-arm off break2018₹8.5 crore (US$1.2 million)Overseas
86Javon Searles (1986-12-21) 21 December 1986Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium2018date₹30 lakh (US$42,000)Overseas
Wicket-keepers
19Dinesh Karthik (1985-06-01) 1 June 1985Right-handedRight-arm off break2018₹7.4 crore (US$1.0 million)Captain
Bowlers
21Piyush Chawla (1988-12-24) 24 December 1988Left-handedRight-arm leg break2018₹4.2 crore (US$589,000)
23Kuldeep Yadav (1994-12-14) 14 December 1994Left-handedSlow left-arm wrist-spin2018₹5.8 crore (US$813,000)
33Vinay Kumar (1984-02-12) 12 February 1984Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2018₹1 crore (US$140,000)
43Prasidh Krishna (1996-02-19) 19 February 1996Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2018₹20 lakh (US$28,000)
14Usman Khan (1990-01-30) 30 January 1990Left-handedLeft-arm fast2018₹9.4 crore (US$1.3 million)Overseas

    Season

    League table
    Team
    		 Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
    Sunrisers Hyderabad (2) 14950018+0.284
    Chennai Super Kings (C) 14950018+0.253
    Kolkata Knight Riders (3) 14860016-0.070
    Rajasthan Royals (4) 14770014-0.250
    Mumbai Indians 14680012+0.317
    Royal Challengers Bangalore 14680012+0.129
    Kings XI Punjab 14680012-0.502
    Delhi Daredevils 14590010-0.222

    Results

    League matches
    All times are in Indian Standard Time (UTC+05:30)
    8 April
    20:00 (D/N)
    Scorecard
    v
    Kolkata Knight Riders (H)
    177/6 (18.5 overs)
    AB de Villiers 44 (23)
    Nitish Rana 2/11 (1 over)
    Sunil Narine 50 (19)
    Chris Woakes 3/36 (4 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.[1]
    10 April
    20:00 (D/N)
    Scorecard
    Kolkata Knight Riders
    202/6 (20 overs)
    v
    Chennai Super Kings (H)
    205/5 (19.5 overs)
    Andre Russell 88* (36)
    Shane Watson 2/39 (4 overs)
    Sam Billings 56 (23)
    Tom Curran 2/39 (3 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.
    14 April
    20:00 (D/N)
    Scorecard
    (H) Kolkata Knight Riders
    138/8 (20 overs)
    v
    Sunrisers Hyderabad
    139/5 (19 overs)
    Chris Lynn 49 (34)
    Bhuvneshwar Kumar 3/26 (4 overs)
    Kane Williamson 50 (44)
    Sunil Narine 2/17 (4 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.
    16 April
    20:00 (D/N)
    Scorecard
    (H) Kolkata Knight Riders
    200/9 (20 overs)
    v
    Delhi Daredevils
    129 (14.2 overs)
    Nitish Rana 59 (35)
    Rahul Tewatia 3/18 (3 overs)
    Glenn Maxwell 47 (22)
    Sunil Narine 3/18 (3 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.
    18 April
    20:00 (D/N)
    Scorecard
    (H) Rajasthan Royals
    160/8 (20 overs)
    v
    Kolkata Knight Riders
    163/3 (18.5 overs)
    D'Arcy Short 44 (43)
    Nitish Rana 2/11 (2 overs)
    Robin Uthappa 48 (36)
    Krishnappa Gowtham 2/23 (4 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.
    21 April
    16:00 (D/N)
    Scorecard
    (H) Kolkata Knight Riders
    191/7 (20 overs)
    v
    Kings XI Punjab
    126/1 (11.1 overs)
    Chris Lynn 74 (41)
    Andrew Tye 2/30 (4 overs)
    Chris Gayle 62* (38)
    Sunil Narine 1/23 (3 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.
    27 April
    20:00 (D/N)
    Scorecard
    (H) Delhi Daredevils
    219/4 (20 overs)
    v
    Kolkata Knight Riders
    164/9 (20 overs)
    Shreyas Iyer 93* (40)
    Andre Russell 1/28 (3 overs)
    Andre Russell 44 (30)
    Glenn Maxwell 2/22 (2 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.
    29 April
    20:00 (D/N)
    Scorecard
    (H) Royal Challengers Bangalore
    175/4 (20 overs)
    v
    Kolkata Knight Riders
    176/4 (19.1 overs)
    Virat Kohli 68* (44)
    Andre Russell 3/31 (3 overs)
    Chris Lynn 62* (52)
    Murugan Ashwin 2/36 (4 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.
    3 May
    20:00 (D/N)
    Scorecard
    Chennai Super Kings
    177/5 (20 overs)
    v
    Kolkata Knight Riders (H)
    180/4 (17.4 overs)
    MS Dhoni 43* (25)
    Sunil Narine 2/20 (4 overs)
    Shubman Gill 57* (36)
    Harbhajan Singh 1/20 (3 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.
    6 May
    16:00 (D/N)
    Scorecard
    (H) Mumbai Indians
    181/4 (20 overs)
    v
    Kolkata Knight Riders
    168/6 (20 overs)
    Suryakumar Yadav 59 (39)
    Andre Russell 2/12 (2 overs)
    Robin Uthappa 54 (35)
    Hardik Pandya 2/19 (4 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.
    9 May
    20:00 (D/N)
    Scorecard
    Mumbai Indians
    210/6 (20 overs)
    v
    Kolkata Knight Riders (H)
    108 (18.1 overs)
    Ishan Kishan 62 (21)
    Piyush Chawla 3/48 (4 overs)
    Chris Lynn 21 (15)
    Krunal Pandya 2/12 (3.1 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.
    12 May
    16:00 (D/N)
    Scorecard
    Kolkata Knight Riders
    245/6 (20 overs)
    v
    Kings XI Punjab (H)
    214/8 (20 overs)
    Sunil Narine 75 (36)
    Andrew Tye 4/41 (4 overs)
    K. L. Rahul 66 (29)
    Andre Russell 3/41 (4 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.
    15 May
    20:00 (D/N)
    Scorecard
    Rajasthan Royals
    142 (19 overs)
    v
    Kolkata Knight Riders (H)
    145/4 (18 overs)
    Jos Buttler 39 (22)
    Kuldeep Yadav 4/20 (4 overs)
    Chris Lynn 45 (42)
    Ben Stokes 3/15 (4 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.
    19 May
    20:00 (D/N)
    Scorecard
    (H) Sunrisers Hyderabad
    172/9 (20 overs)
    v
    Kolkata Knight Riders
    173/5 (19.4 overs)
    Shikhar Dhawan 50 (39)
    Prasidh Krishna 4/30 (4 overs)
    Chris Lynn 55 (43)
    Carlos Brathwaite 2/21 (2.4 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 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[2]

    Most wickets
    Name Nat Mat 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
    • Last Update: 29 May 2018.
    •      The player with the most wickets at the end of the tournament receives the Purple Cap.
    • Source: Cricinfo[3]
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    References
    1. "Brendon McCullum marches onto become the second player to cross 9000 T20 runs". Times Now. 8 April 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
    2. "KKR Most Runs in IPL 2018". Cricinfo.
    3. "KKR Most Wickets in IPL 2018". Cricinfo.
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