# 2018 Kings XI Punjab season

The 2018 season was the 11th season for the Indian Premier League franchise Kings XI Punjab.The team finished in 7th position and could not qualify for the playoffs.

## Offseason
### Support staff changes

* In December 2017, Brad Hodge was appointed head coach of the team
* In March 2018, Venkatesh Prasad, Nishanta Bordoloi and Shyamal Vallabhjee were appointed bowling coach, fielding coach and technical coach respectively

### Others

In December 2017, the franchise requested to move its home from Mohali to an alternative city. The Board of Cricket Control in India rejected the request after some members of the IPL Governing Council opposed the idea.
On 13 March 2018, Kings XI Punjab unveiled their official jersey for the season while Kent RO Systems was announced as the chief sponsor of the team in a joint press conference.
On 16 March 2018, the Punjab Cricket Association requested that the BCCI reschedule some of Kings XI Punjab's home matches as Chandigarh Airport was likely to remain shut from 12 May to 31 May due to maintenance work. The team was supposed to play four home matches at the Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium in Mohali from 4 May to 14 May, whereas the earlier home matches in April were scheduled to be held at Indore. On 20 March 2018, the franchise revealed their revised schedule, with Mohali hosting the first three home matches and Indore hosting the remaining four.

## Squad

* Players with international caps are listed in bold.
| No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Year signed | Salary | Notes |
| Batsmen |||||||||
| 5 | Aaron Finch | Australia | (1986-11-17) 17 November 1986 (age 37) | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2018 | ₹6.2 crore (US$743,000) | Overseas |
| 10 | David Miller | South Africa | (1989-06-10) 10 June 1989 (age 35) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | ₹3 crore (US$359,000) | Overseas |
| 13 | Akshdeep Nath | India | (1993-05-10) 10 May 1993 (age 31) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2018 | ₹1 crore (US$120,000) | |
| 14 | Mayank Agarwal | India | (1991-02-16) 16 February 1991 (age 33) | Right-handed | | 2018 | ₹1 crore (US$120,000) | |
| 45 | Manoj Tiwary | India | (1985-11-14) 14 November 1985 (age 38) | Right-handed | Right arm leg break | 2018 | ₹1 crore (US$120,000) | |
| 69 | Karun Nair | India | (1991-12-06) 6 December 1991 (age 32) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | ₹5.6 crore (US$671,000) | |
| 333 | Chris Gayle | Jamaica | (1979-09-21) 21 September 1979 (age 45) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | ₹2 crore (US$240,000) | Overseas |
| All-rounders |||||||||
| 12 | Yuvraj Singh | India | (1981-12-12) 12 December 1981 (age 42) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2018 | ₹2 crore (US$240,000) | |
| 35 | Pardeep Sahu | India | (1985-08-21) 21 August 1985 (age 39) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2018 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | |
| 62 | Mayank Dagar | India | (1996-11-11) 11 November 1996 (age 27) | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2018 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | |
| 21 | Manzoor Dar | India | (1993-11-01) 1 November 1993 (age 30) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | |
| Wicket-keepers |||||||||
| 1 | KL Rahul | India | (1992-04-18) 18 April 1992 (age 32) | Right-handed | | 2018 | ₹11 crore (US$1.3 million) | Vice Captain |
| Bowlers |||||||||
| 3 | Ankit Rajpoot | India | (1993-12-04) 4 December 1993 (age 30) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2018 | ₹2.2 crore (US$264,000) | |
| 18 | Mohit Sharma | India | (1988-09-18) 18 September 1988 (age 36) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2018 | ₹2.4 crore (US$288,000) | |
| 23 | Ravichandran Ashwin | India | (1986-09-17) 17 September 1986 (age 38) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | ₹7.6 crore (US$910,623.70) | Captain |
| 27 | Ben Dwarshuis | Australia | (1994-06-23) 23 June 1994 (age 30) | Left-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | 2018 | ₹1.4 crore (US$168,000) | Overseas |
| 51 | Barinder Sran | India | (1992-12-10) 10 December 1992 (age 31) | Left-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | 2018 | ₹3 crore (US$359,000) | |
| 68 | Andrew Tye | Australia | (1986-12-12) 12 December 1986 (age 37) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2018 | ₹7.2 crore (US$862,696.20) | Overseas |
| 88 | Mujeeb Ur Rahman | Afghanistan | (2001-03-28) 28 March 2001 (age 23) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | ₹4 crore (US$479,000) | Overseas |

## Administration and coaching staff

* Owners - Ness Wadia, Preity Zinta, Mohit Burman, Karan Paul
* Chief Executive Officer - Satish Menon
* Chief Operating Officer - Rajeev Khanna
* Team manager - Major Varoon Parmar
* Head of cricket operations and strategy - Virender Sehwag
* Head coach - Brad Hodge
* Assistant coach - Mithun Manhas
* Bowling coach - Venkatesh Prasad
* Fielding coach - Nishanta Bordoloi
* Strength & conditioning coach - Nishant Thakur
* Video analyst - Ashish Tuli
* Physiotherapist – Amit Tyagi

## Season
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Advanced to Qualifier 1 |
| 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 | Advanced to the Eliminator |
| 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 | |

### Results

All times are in Indian Standard Time (UTC+05:30)
* 8 April 16:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Delhi Daredevils 166/7 (20 overs) | v | Kings XI Punjab (H) 167/4 (18.5 overs) |
| Gautam Gambhir 55 (42) Mujeeb Ur Rahman 2/28 (4 overs) | | K. L. Rahul 51 (16) Daniel Christian 1/12 (2 overs) |
* Kings XI Punjab won by 6 wickets Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (India) and Rod Tucker (Australia) Player of the match: K. L. Rahul (Kings XI Punjab)
* Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
* Mujeeb Ur Rahman (Kings XI Punjab) became the youngest cricketer to play in the IPL.
* K. L. Rahul (Kings XI Punjab) scored the fastest fifty in the IPL.
* 13 April 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Kings XI Punjab 155 (19.2 overs) | v | Royal Challengers Bangalore (H) 159/6 (19.3 overs) |
| K. L. Rahul 47 (30) Umesh Yadav 3/23 (4 overs) | | AB de Villiers 57 (40) Ravichandran Ashwin 2/30 (4 overs) |
* Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 4 wickets M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Umpires: Abhijit Deshmukh (India) and Sundaram Ravi (India) Player of the match: Umesh Yadav (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
* Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
* 15 April 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| (H) Kings XI Punjab 197/7 (20 overs) | v | Chennai Super Kings 193/5 (20 overs) |
| Chris Gayle 63 (33) Shardul Thakur 2/33 (3 overs) | | MS Dhoni 79* (44) Andrew Tye 2/47 (4 overs) |
* Kings XI Punjab won by 4 runs Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali Umpires: Vineet Kulkarni (India) and C. K. Nandan (India) Player of the match: Chris Gayle (Kings XI Punjab)
* Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
* 19 April 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| (H) Kings XI Punjab 193/3 (20 overs) | v | Sunrisers Hyderabad 178/4 (20 overs) |
| Chris Gayle 104* (63) Bhuvneshwar Kumar 1/25 (4 overs) | | Manish Pandey 57* (42) Andrew Tye 2/23 (4 overs) |
* Kings XI Punjab won by 15 runs Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (India) and Nigel Llong (England) Player of the match: Chris Gayle (Kings XI Punjab)
* Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.
* 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.
* 23 April 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Kings XI Punjab 143/8 (20 overs) | v | Delhi Daredevils (H) 139/8 (20 overs) |
| Karun Nair 34 (32) Liam Plunkett 3/17 (4 overs) | | Shreyas Iyer 57 (45) Ankit Rajpoot 2/23 (4 overs) |
* Kings XI Punjab won by 4 runs Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Umpires: C. K. Nandan (India) and Nand Kishore (India) Player of the match: Ankit Rajpoot (Kings XI Punjab)
* Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to field.
* Prithvi Shaw (Delhi Daredevils) made his T20 debut.
* 26 April 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| (H) Sunrisers Hyderabad 132/6 (20 overs) | v | Kings XI Punjab 119 (19.2 overs) |
| Manish Pandey 54 (51) Ankit Rajpoot 5/14 (4 overs) | | K. L. Rahul 32 (26) Rashid Khan 3/19 (4 overs) |
* Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 13 runs Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (India) and C. K. Nandan (India) Player of the match: Ankit Rajpoot (Kings XI Punjab)
* Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
* 4 May 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| (H) Kings XI Punjab 174/6 (20 overs) | v | Mumbai Indians 176/4 (19 overs) |
| Chris Gayle 50 (40) Jasprit Bumrah 1/19 (4 overs) | | Suryakumar Yadav 57 (42) Mujeeb Ur Rahman 2/37 (4 overs) |
* Mumbai Indians won by 6 wickets Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore Umpires: Anil Dandekar (India) and Sundaram Ravi (India) Player of the match: Suryakumar Yadav (Mumbai Indians)
* Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
* 6 May 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Rajasthan Royals 152/9 (20 overs) | v | Kings XI Punjab (H) 155/4 (18.4 overs) |
| Jos Buttler 51 (39) Mujeeb Ur Rahman 3/27 (4 overs) | | K. L. Rahul 84* (54) Krishnappa Gowtham 1/18 (3 overs) |
* Kings XI Punjab won by 6 wickets Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore Umpires: Sundaram Ravi (India) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (India) Player of the match: Mujeeb Ur Rahman (Kings XI Punjab)
* Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
* 8 May 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| (H) Rajasthan Royals 158/8 (20 overs) | v | Kings XI Punjab 143/7 (20 overs) |
| Jos Buttler 82 (58) Andrew Tye 4/34 (4 overs) | | K. L. Rahul 95* (70) Krishnappa Gowtham 2/12 (3 overs) |
* Rajasthan Royals won by 15 runs Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Umpires: Marais Erasmus (South Africa) and Nitin Menon (India) Player of the match: Jos Buttler (Rajasthan Royals)
* Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat.
* 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.
* 14 May 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| (H) Kings XI Punjab 88 (15.1 overs) | v | Royal Challengers Bangalore 92/0 (8.1 overs) |
| Aaron Finch 26 (23) Umesh Yadav 3/23 (4 overs) | | Virat Kohli 48* (28) Ravichandran Ashwin 0/9 (1 over) |
* Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 10 wickets Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore Umpires: Bruce Oxenford (Australia) and Virender Sharma (India) Player of the match: Umesh Yadav (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
* Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
* Chennai Super Kings qualified for the playoffs and Sunrisers Hyderabad advanced to Qualifier 1 as a result of this match.
* 16 May 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| (H) Mumbai Indians 186/8 (20 overs) | v | Kings XI Punjab 183/5 (20 overs) |
| Kieron Pollard 50 (23) Andrew Tye 4/16 (4 overs) | | K. L. Rahul 94 (60) Jasprit Bumrah 3/15 (4 overs) |
* Mumbai Indians won by 3 runs Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Marais Erasmus (South Africa) and Nitin Menon (India) Player of the match: Jasprit Bumrah (Mumbai Indians)
* Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
* 20 May 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Kings XI Punjab 153 (19.4 overs) | v | Chennai Super Kings (H) 159/5 (19.1 overs) |
| Karun Nair 54 (26) Lungi Ngidi 4/10 (4 overs) | | Suresh Raina 61* (48) Ankit Rajpoot 2/19 (4 overs) |
* Chennai Super Kings won by 5 wickets Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (India) and Nitin Menon (India) Player of the match: Lungi Ngidi (Chennai Super Kings)
* Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
* Rajasthan Royals qualified for the playoffs, Kings XI Punjab were eliminated and Chennai Super Kings advanced to Qualifier 1 as a result of this match.