2018 Kolkata Knight Riders season

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)
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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
Batsmen
3	Rinku Singh	India	(1997-10-12) 12 October 1997 (age 27)	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 39)	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 25)	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 v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	NRR
1	Chennai Super Kings (C)	14	9	5	18	0.253	Advanced to Qualifier 1
2	Sunrisers Hyderabad (2)	14	9	5	18	0.284	Advanced to Qualifier 1
3	Kolkata Knight Riders (3)	14	8	6	16	−0.070	Advanced to the Eliminator
4	Rajasthan Royals (4)	14	7	7	14	−0.250	Advanced to the Eliminator
5	Mumbai Indians	14	6	8	12	0.317
6	Royal Challengers Bangalore	14	6	8	12	0.129
7	Kings XI Punjab	14	6	8	12	−0.502
8	Delhi Daredevils	14	5	9	10	−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

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: ESPNcricinfo^[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: ESPNcricinfo^[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". ESPNcricinfo.
^ "KKR Most Wickets in IPL 2018". ESPNcricinfo.

External links

[1] "Tom Curran replaces Starc in Kolkata Knight Riders squad". ESPNcricinfo. 30 March 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018.

[2] "Brendon McCullum marches onto become the second player to cross 9000 T20 runs". Times Now. 8 April 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2018.

[3] "KKR Most Runs in IPL 2018". ESPNcricinfo.

[4] "KKR Most Wickets in IPL 2018". ESPNcricinfo.

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