# 2019 Kings XI Punjab season

The 2019 season was the 12th season for the Indian Premier League franchise Kings XI Punjab. They were one of the eight teams that competed in the 2019 Indian Premier League. They were captained by Ravichandran Ashwin. KXIP finished 6th in the IPL and did not qualify for the playoffs.

## Background

In October 2018 Marcus Stoinis was traded to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Mandeep Singh.
In November 2018, Kings XI announced their list of retained players for the 2019 season. The list included K. L. Rahul, Chris Gayle, Andrew Tye, Mayank Agarwal, Ankit Rajpoot, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Karun Nair, David Miller and Ravichandran Ashwin.
On 18 December 2018, the IPL player auction was held in which the Kings XI signed up 13 more players: Varun Chakravarthy, Sam Curran, Mohammed Shami, Prabhsimran Singh, Nicholas Pooran, Moises Henriques, Hardus Viljoen, Darshan Nalkande, Sarfaraz Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Agnivesh Ayachi, Harpreet Brar and Murugan Ashwin.

## Squad

* Players with international caps are listed in bold.
| No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Year signed | Salary | Notes |
| Batsmen |||||||||
| 1 | K. L. Rahul | India | (1992-04-18) 18 April 1992 (age 32) | Right-handed | | 2018 | ₹11 crore (US$1.3 million) | Occasional Wicket-Keeper; Vice Captain |
| 10 | David Miller | South Africa | (1989-06-10) 10 June 1989 (age 35) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | ₹3 crore (US$360,000) | Overseas |
| 14 | Mayank Agarwal | India | (1991-02-16) 16 February 1991 (age 33) | Right-handed | | 2018 | ₹1 crore (US$120,000) | |
| 18 | Mandeep Singh | India | (1991-12-18) 18 December 1991 (age 32) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2019 | | |
| 69 | Karun Nair | India | (1991-12-06) 6 December 1991 (age 32) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | ₹5.6 crore (US$670,000) | |
| 97 | Sarfaraz Khan | India | (1997-10-27) 27 October 1997 (age 26) | Right-handed | | 2019 | ₹25 lakh (US$30,000) | |
| 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 |||||||||
| 21 | Moises Henriques | Australia | (1987-02-01) 1 February 1987 (age 37) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2019 | ₹1.1 crore (US$130,000) | Overseas |
| 58 | Sam Curran | England | (1998-06-03) 3 June 1998 (age 26) | Left-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | 2019 | ₹7.2 crore (US$860,000) | Overseas |
| 95 | Harpreet Brar | India | (1995-09-16) 16 September 1995 (age 29) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2019 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | |
| — | Darshan Nalkande | India | (1998-10-04) 4 October 1998 (age 26) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2019 | ₹30 lakh (US$36,000) | |
| — | Agnivesh Ayachi | India | (1995-06-15) 15 June 1995 (age 29) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2019 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | |
| Wicket-keepers |||||||||
| 29 | Nicholas Pooran | Trinidad and Tobago | (1995-10-02) 2 October 1995 (age 29) | Left-handed | | 2019 | ₹4.2 crore (US$500,000) | Overseas |
| 84 | Prabhsimran Singh | India | (2000-04-18) 18 April 2000 (age 24) | Right-handed | | 2019 | ₹4.8 crore (US$580,000) | |
| Bowlers |||||||||
| 2 | Arshdeep Singh | India | (1999-02-05) 5 February 1999 (age 25) | Left-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | 2019 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | |
| 3 | Ankit Rajpoot | India | (1993-12-04) 4 December 1993 (age 30) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2018 | ₹3 crore (US$360,000) | |
| 7 | Hardus Viljoen | South Africa | (1989-03-06) 6 March 1989 (age 35) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2019 | ₹75 lakh (US$90,000) | Overseas |
| 11 | Mohammed Shami | India | (1990-09-03) 3 September 1990 (age 34) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2019 | ₹4.8 crore (US$580,000) | |
| 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$480,000) | Overseas |
| 89 | Murugan Ashwin | India | (1990-09-08) 8 September 1990 (age 34) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2019 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | |
| 91 | Varun Chakravarthy | India | (1991-08-29) 29 August 1991 (age 33) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2019 | ₹8.4 crore (US$1.0 million) | |
| 99 | Ravichandran Ashwin | India | (1986-09-17) 17 September 1986 (age 38) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | ₹7.6 crore (US$910,000) | Captain |

## Coaching and support staff

* Head coach - Mike Hesson
* Batting coach - Sridharan Sriram
* Bowling coach - Ryan Harris
* Fielding coach - Craig McMillan
* Strength and conditioning coach - Nishant Thakur
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## Season
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | |
| 1 | Mumbai Indians (C) | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0.421 | Advanced to Qualifier 1 |
| 2 | Chennai Super Kings (R) | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0.131 | Advanced to Qualifier 1 |
| 3 | Delhi Capitals | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0.044 | Advanced to the Eliminator |
| 4 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 0.577 | Advanced to the Eliminator |
| 5 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 0.028 | |
| 6 | Kings XI Punjab | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | −0.251 | |
| 7 | Rajasthan Royals | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 11 | −0.449 | |
| 8 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 11 | −0.607 | |

### Fixtures

* 25 March 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Kings XI Punjab 184/4 (20 overs) | v | Rajasthan Royals (H) 170/9 (20 overs) |
| Chris Gayle 79 (47) Ben Stokes 2/48 (4 overs) | | Jos Buttler 69 (43) Mujeeb Ur Rahman 2/31 (4 overs) |
* Punjab won by 14 runs Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind) Player of the match: Chris Gayle (Kings XI Punjab)
* Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
* Jos Buttler (Rajasthan Royals) was dismissed by Mankading.
* 27 March 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| (H) Kolkata Knight Riders 218/4 (20 overs) | v | Kings XI Punjab 190/4 (20 overs) |
| Robin Uthappa 67* (50) Varun Chakravarthy 1/35 (3 overs) | | David Miller 59* (40) Andre Russell 2/21 (3 overs) |
* Kolkata won by 28 runs Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Vineet Kulkarni (Ind) Player of the match: Andre Russell (Kolkata Knight Riders)
* Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
* Varun Chakravarthy (Kings XI Punjab) made his T20 debut. His first over went for 25 runs, the highest number of runs conceded by a bowler on debut in the IPL.
* Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders) played in his 100th IPL match.
* Kolkata Knight Riders made their highest total at home in the IPL.
* 30 March 16:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Mumbai Indians 176/7 (20 overs) | v | Kings XI Punjab (H) 177/2 (18.4 overs) |
| Quinton de Kock 60 (39) Murugan Ashwin 2/25 (4 overs) | | K. L. Rahul 71* (57) Krunal Pandya 2/43 (4 overs) |
* Punjab won by 8 wickets Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Vineet Kulkarni (Ind) Player of the match: Mayank Agarwal (Kings XI Punjab)
* Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
* 1 April 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| (H) Kings XI Punjab 166/9 (20 overs) | v | Delhi Capitals 152 (19.2 overs) |
| David Miller 43 (30) Chris Morris 3/30 (4 overs) | | Rishabh Pant 39 (26) Sam Curran 4/11 (2.2 overs) |
* Punjab won by 14 runs Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Chris Gaffaney (NZ) Player of the match: Sam Curran (Kings XI Punjab)
* Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
* Sam Curran (Kings XI Punjab) took a hat-trick.
* 6 April 2019 16:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| (H) Chennai Super Kings 160/3 (20 overs) | v | Kings XI Punjab 138/5 (20 overs) |
| Faf du Plessis 54 (38) Ravichandran Ashwin 3/23 (4 overs) | | Sarfaraz Khan 67 (59) Harbhajan Singh 2/17 (4 overs) |
* Chennai won by 22 runs M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Rod Tucker (Aus) Player of the match: Harbhajan Singh (Chennai Super Kings)
* Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
* 8 April 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Sunrisers Hyderabad 150/4 (20 overs) | v | Kings XI Punjab (H) 151/4 (19.5 overs) |
| David Warner 70* (62) Mohammed Shami 1/30 (4 overs) Ravichandran Ashwin 1/30 (4 overs) | | K. L. Rahul 71* (53) Sandeep Sharma 2/21 (4 overs) |
* Punjab won by 6 wickets Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali Umpires: Anil Dandekar (Ind) and Marais Erasmus (SA) Player of the match: K. L. Rahul (Kings XI Punjab)
* Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
* 10 April 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Kings XI Punjab 197/4 (20 overs) | v | Mumbai Indians (H) 198/7 (20 overs) |
| K. L. Rahul 100* (64) Hardik Pandya 2/57 (4 overs) | | Kieron Pollard 83 (31) Mohammed Shami 3/21 (4 overs) |
* Mumbai won by 3 wickets Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (Ind) and Sundaram Ravi (Ind) Player of the match: Kieron Pollard (Mumbai Indians)
* Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
* K. L. Rahul (Kings XI Punjab) scored his first century in the IPL.
* Mumbai Indians recorded their highest ever successful run chase in the IPL.
* 13 April 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| (H) Kings XI Punjab 173/4 (20 overs) | v | Royal Challengers Bangalore 174/2 (19.2 overs) |
| Chris Gayle 99* (64) Yuzvendra Chahal 2/33 (4 overs) | | Virat Kohli 67 (53) Ravichandran Ashwin 1/30 (4 overs) |
* Bangalore won by 8 wickets Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe (Ind) and Sundaram Ravi (Ind) Player of the match: AB de Villiers (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
* Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
* 16 April 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| (H) Kings XI Punjab 182/6 (20 overs) | v | Rajasthan Royals 170/7 (20 overs) |
| K. L. Rahul 52 (47) Jofra Archer 3/15 (4 overs) | | Rahul Tripathi 50 (45) Ravichandran Ashwin 2/24 (4 overs) |
* Punjab won by 12 runs Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Vineet Kulkarni (Ind) Player of the match: Ravichandran Ashwin (Kings Xi Punjab)
* Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
* Arshdeep Singh (Kings XI Punjab) made his T20 debut.
* 20 April 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Kings XI Punjab 163/7 (20 overs) | v | Delhi Capitals (H) 166/5 (19.4 overs) |
| Chris Gayle 69 (37) Sandeep Lamichhane 3/40 (4 overs) | | Shreyas Iyer 58* (49) Hardus Viljoen 2/39 (4 overs) |
* Delhi won by 5 wickets Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe (Ind) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind) Player of the match: Shreyas Iyer (Delhi Capitals)
* Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
* Harpreet Brar (Kings XI Punjab) made his T20 debut.
* 24 April 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| (H) Royal Challengers Bangalore 202/4 (20 overs) | v | Kings XI Punjab 185/7 (20 overs) |
| AB de Villiers 82* (44) Ravichandran Ashwin 1/15 (4 overs) | | Nicholas Pooran 46 (28) Umesh Yadav 3/36 (4 overs) |
* Bangalore won by 17 runs M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Umpires: Bruce Oxenford (Aus) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind) Player of the match: AB de Villiers (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
* Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
* 29 April 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| (H) Sunrisers Hyderabad 212/6 (20 overs) | v | Kings XI Punjab 167/8 (20 overs) |
| David Warner 81 (56) Ravichandran Ashwin 2/30 (4 overs) | | K. L. Rahul 79 (56) Rashid Khan 3/21 (4 overs) |
* Hyderabad won by 45 runs Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad Umpires: C. K. Nandan (Ind) and Sundaram Ravi (Ind) Player of the match: David Warner (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
* Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
* 3 May 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| (H) Kings XI Punjab 183/6 (20 overs) | v | Kolkata Knight Riders 185/3 (18 overs) |
| Sam Curran 55* (24) Sandeep Warrier 2/31 (4 overs) | | Shubman Gill 65* (49) Mohammed Shami 1/15 (3 overs) |
* Kolkata won by 7 wickets Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali Umpires: Bruce Oxenford (Aus) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind) Player of the match: Shubman Gill (Kolkata Knight Riders)
* Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
* 5 May 16:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Chennai Super Kings 170/5 (20 overs) | v | Kings XI Punjab (H) 173/4 (18 overs) |
| Faf du Plessis 96 (55) Sam Curran 3/35 (4 overs) | | K. L. Rahul 71 (36) Harbhajan Singh 3/57 (4 overs) |
* Punjab won by 6 wickets Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind) Player of the match: K. L. Rahul (Kings XI Punjab)
* Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
* Kings XI Punjab were eliminated and Chennai Super Kings advanced to Qualifier 1 as a result of this match.

## Statistics
### Most runs

| No. | Name | Match | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave. | BF | SR | 100s | 50s | 0 | 4s | 6s |
| 1 | KL Rahul | 14 | 14 | 3 | 593 | 100* | 53.90 | 438 | 135.38 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 49 | 25 |
| 2 | Chris Gayle | 13 | 13 | 1 | 490 | 99* | 40.83 | 319 | 153.60 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 45 | 34 |
| 3 | Mayank Agarwal | 13 | 13 | 1 | 332 | 58 | 25.53 | 234 | 141.88 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 14 |
| 4 | David Miller | 10 | 10 | 2 | 213 | 59* | 26.62 | 164 | 129.87 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 7 |
| 5 | Sarfaraz Khan | 8 | 5 | 1 | 180 | 67 | 45.00 | 143 | 125.87 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 |
* Source: IPL

### Most wickets

| No. | Name | Match | Inns | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | BBI | Ave. | Econ. | SR | 4W | 5W |
| 1 | Mohammed Shami | 14 | 14 | 54.0 | 0 | 469 | 19 | 3/21 | 24.68 | 8.68 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Ravichandran Ashwin | 14 | 14 | 55.0 | 0 | 400 | 15 | 3/23 | 26.66 | 7.27 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Sam Curran | 9 | 9 | 33.0 | 0 | 323 | 10 | 4/11 | 32.30 | 9.78 | 19.8 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | Hardus Viljoen | 6 | 6 | 23.0 | 0 | 222 | 7 | 2/39 | 31.71 | 9.65 | 19.7 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Murugan Ashwin | 10 | 10 | 34.0 | 0 | 255 | 5 | 2/25 | 51.00 | 7.50 | 40.8 | 0 | 0 |
* Source:Cricinfo

## Player of the match awards

| No. | Date | Player | Opponent | Result | Contribution |
| 1 | 25 March 2019 | Chris Gayle | Rajasthan Royals | Won by 14 runs | 79 runs in 47 balls |
| 2 | 30 March 2019 | Mayank Agarwal | Mumbai Indians | Won by 8 wickets | 43 runs in 21 balls |
| 3 | 1 April 2019 | Sam Curran | Delhi Capitals | Won by 14 runs | 4/11 (2.2 overs) & 20 runs in 10 balls |
| 4 | 8 April 2019 | KL Rahul | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Won by 6 wickets | 71* runs in 53 balls |
| 5 | 16 April 2019 | Ravichandran Ashwin | Rajasthan Royals | Won by 12 runs | 2/24 (4 overs) & 17 runs in 4 balls |
| 6 | 5 May 2019 | KL Rahul | Chennai Super Kings | Won by 6 wickets | 71 runs in 36 balls |