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. Dinesh Karthik was captaining the team for the eleventh season.

Squad

• Players with international caps are listed in bold.

No.	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Signed year	Salary	Notes
Batsmen
3	Rinku Singh		(1997-10-12) 12 October 1997	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2018	₹80 lakh (US$96,000)
27	Nitish Rana		(1993-12-27) 27 December 1993	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2018	₹3.4 crore (US$407,000)
37	Robin Uthappa		(1985-09-11) 11 September 1985	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2018	₹6.4 crore (US$767,000)	Vice-captain
50	Chris Lynn		(1990-04-10) 10 April 1990	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2018	₹9.6 crore (US$1.2 million)	Overseas
77	Shubman Gill		(1999-09-08) 8 September 1999	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2018	₹1.8 crore (US$216,000)
99	Eoin Morgan		(1989-01-27) 27 January 1989	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2018	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)
24	Cameron Delport		(1989-05-12) 12 May 1989	Left-handed	Right-arm medium	2018	₹30 lakh (US$36,000)	Overseas
All-rounders
12	Andre Russell		(1988-04-29) 29 April 1988	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2018	₹7 crore (US$838,732.40)	Overseas
74	Sunil Narine		(1988-05-26) 26 May 1988	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2018	₹8.5 crore (US$1.0 million)	Overseas
86	Javon Searles		(1986-12-21) 21 December 1986	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2018	date₹30 lakh (US$36,000)	Overseas
Wicket-keepers
19	Dinesh Karthik		(1985-06-01) 1 June 1985	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2018	₹7.4 crore (US$886,659.90)	Captain
Bowlers
21	Piyush Chawla		(1988-12-24) 24 December 1988	Left-handed	Right-arm leg break	2018	₹4.2 crore (US$503,000)
23	Kuldeep Yadav		(1994-12-14) 14 December 1994	Left-handed	Slow left-arm chinaman	2018	₹5.8 crore (US$695,000)
33	Vinay Kumar		(1984-02-12) 12 February 1984	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2018	₹1 crore (US$120,000)
43	Prasidh Krishna		(1996-02-19) 19 February 1996	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2018	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)
14	Usman Khan		(1990-01-30) 30 January 1990	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
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)

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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

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