Kolkata Knight Riders in 2018

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Kolkata Knight Riders
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)

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.

Contents

Squad

No.NameNationalityBirth dateBatting styleBowling styleYear signedSalaryNotes
Batsmen
3 Rinku Singh Flag of India.svg  India 12 October 1997 (age 26)Left-handedRight-arm off break 201880 lakh (US$100,000)
27 Nitish Rana Flag of India.svg  India 27 December 1993 (age 30)Left-handedRight-arm off break 20183.4 crore (US$426,000)
37 Robin Uthappa Flag of India.svg  India 11 September 1985 (age 38)Right-handedRight-arm medium 20186.4 crore (US$801,000)Vice-captain
50 Chris Lynn Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 10 April 1990 (age 33)Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 20189.6 crore (US$1.2 million)Overseas
77 Shubman Gill Flag of India.svg  India 8 September 1999 (age 24)Right-handedRight-arm off break 20181.8 crore (US$225,000)
99 Ishank Jaggi Flag of India.svg  India 27 January 1989 (age 35)Right-handedRight-arm leg break 201820 lakh (US$25,000)
24 Cameron Delport Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 12 May 1989 (age 34)Left-handedRight-arm medium 201830 lakh (US$38,000)Overseas
All-rounders
12 Andre Russell Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 29 April 1988 (age 35)Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium 20187 crore (US$876,635.00)Overseas
74 Sunil Narine Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 26 May 1988 (age 35)Left-handedRight-arm off break 20188.5 crore (US$1.1 million)Overseas
86 Javon Searles Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 21 December 1986 (age 37)Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium 2018date30 lakh (US$38,000)Overseas
Wicket-keepers
19 Dinesh Karthik Flag of India.svg  India 1 June 1985 (age 38)Right-handedRight-arm off break 20187.4 crore (US$926,728.40)Captain
Bowlers
21 Piyush Chawla Flag of India.svg  India 24 December 1988 (age 35)Left-handedRight-arm leg break 20184.2 crore (US$526,000)
23 Kuldeep Yadav Flag of India.svg  India 14 December 1994 (age 29)Left-handed Slow left-arm wrist-spin 20185.8 crore (US$726,000)
33 Vinay Kumar Flag of India.svg  India 12 February 1984 (age 40)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast 20181 crore (US$125,000)
43 Prasidh Krishna Flag of India.svg  India 19 February 1996 (age 28)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast 201820 lakh (US$25,000)
14 Mitchell Starc Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 30 January 1990 (age 34)Left-handedLeft-arm fast 20189.4 crore (US$1.2 million)Overseas

Season

League table

PosTeamPldWLNRPts NRR
1 Chennai Super Kings (C)14950180.253Advanced to Qualifier 1
2 Sunrisers Hyderabad (2)14950180.284
3 Kolkata Knight Riders (3)1486016−0.070Advanced to the Eliminator
4 Rajasthan Royals (4)1477014−0.250
5 Mumbai Indians 14680120.317
6 Royal Challengers Bangalore 14680120.129
7 Kings XI Punjab 1468012−0.502
8 Delhi Daredevils 1459010−0.222
Source: ESPNcricinfo
The four top ranked teams qualify for the playoffs.

Results

League matches

8 April
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Royal Challengers Bangalore
176/7 (20 overs)
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. [2]

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

NameMatchesInnsRunsHSAvgSR
Dinesh Karthik 16164985249.80147.77
Chris Lynn 16164917432.73130.23
Sunil Narine 16163577522.31189.89
Robin Uthappa 16163515421.93132.45
Andre Russell 161631688* 28.72184.79

Most wickets

NameMatchesWktsBBIAveEco
Kuldeep Yadav 16174/2024.588.14
Sunil Narine 16173/1827.477.65
Piyush Chawla 15143/4829.428.40
Andre Russell 16133/3127.309.38
Prasidh Krishna 7104/3026.009.28

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