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{{Infobox cricket club season
| club = Kolkata Knight Riders
| season = [[2018 Indian Premier League|2018]]
| coach = [[Jacques Kallis]]
| captain = [[Dinesh Karthik]]
| ground = [[Eden Gardens]]
| most runs = [[Dinesh Karthik]] (498)
| most wickets = [[Kuldeep Yadav]] (17) [[Sunil Narine]] (17)
| comp1 = [[2018 Indian Premier League|IPL]]
| comp1 result = 3rd
| prevseason = [[Kolkata Knight Riders in 2017|2017]]
| nextseason = [[Kolkata Knight Riders in 2019|2019]]
}}

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'''.

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%; width:95%;"
|-
! style="background:indigo; color:gold; text-align:center;"| No.
! style="background:indigo; color:gold; text-align:center;"| Name
! style="background:indigo; color:gold; text-align:center;"| Nat
! style="background:indigo; color:gold; text-align:center;"| Birth date
! style="background:indigo; color:gold; text-align:center;"| Batting style
! style="background:indigo; color:gold; text-align:center;"| Bowling style
! style="background:indigo; color:gold; text-align:center;"| Signed year
! style="background:indigo; color:gold; text-align:center;"| Salary
! style="background:indigo; color:gold; text-align:center;"| Notes
|-
! colspan="9" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"| Batsmen
|-
|3|| [[Rinku Singh (cricketer)|Rinku Singh]] || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|IND}} || {{birth date and age|1997|10|12|df=y}} || Left-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2018 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|80|l|-3}} ||
|-
|27|| [[Nitish Rana]] || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|IND}} || {{birth date and age|1993|12|27|df=y}} || Left-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2018 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|3.4|c|-3}} ||
|-
|37|| '''[[Robin Uthappa]]''' || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|India}} || {{birth date and age|1985|9|11|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[fast bowling|medium]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2018 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|6.4|c|-3}} || Vice-captain
|-
|50|| '''[[Chris Lynn]]''' || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|Australia}} || {{birth date and age|1990|4|10|df=y}} || Right-handed || [[Slow left-arm orthodox]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2018 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|9.6|c|1}} || Overseas
|-
|77|| [[Shubman Gill]] || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|India}} || {{birth date and age|1999|9|8|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2018 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|1.8|c|-3}} ||
|-
|99|| [[Eoin Morgan]] || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|England}} || {{birth date and age|1989|1|27|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[leg break]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2018 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|20|l|-3}} ||
|-
|24|| [[Cameron Delport]] || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|RSA}} || {{birth date and age|1989|5|12|df=y}} || Left-handed || Right-arm [[fast bowling|medium]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2018 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|30|l|-3}} || Overseas
|-
|-|| [[Apoorv Wankhade]] || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|India}} || {{birth date and age|1992|3|14|df=y}} || Right-handed || || style="text-align:center;"| 2018 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|20|l|-3}} ||
|-
! colspan="9" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"| All-rounders
|-
|12|| '''[[Andre Russell]]''' || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|Jamaica}} || {{birth date and age|1988|4|29|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[fast bowling|fast-medium]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2018 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|7|c|1}} || Overseas
|-
|74|| '''[[Sunil Narine]]''' || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|Trinidad}} || {{birth date and age|1988|5|26|df=y}} || Left-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2018 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|8.5|c|1}} || Overseas
|-
|86|| [[Javon Searles]] || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|BAR}} || {{birth date and age|1986|12|21|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[fast bowling|fast-medium]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2018 || style="text-align:right;"| date{{INRConvert|30|l|-3}} || Overseas
|-
|-|| [[Kamlesh Nagarkoti]] || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|India}} || {{birth date and age|1999|12|28|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[fast bowling|fast]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2018 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|3.2|c|-3}} ||
|-
! colspan="9" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"| Wicket-keepers
|-
|19|| '''[[Dinesh Karthik]]''' || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|IND}} || {{birth date and age|1985|6|1|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2018 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|7.4|c|1}} || Captain
|-
! colspan="9" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"| Bowlers
|-
|21|| '''[[Piyush Chawla]]''' || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|India}} || {{birth date and age|1988|12|24|df=y}} || Left-handed || Right-arm [[leg break]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2018 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|4.2|c|-3}} ||
|-
|23|| '''[[Kuldeep Yadav]]''' || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|India}} || {{birth date and age|1994|12|14|df=y}} || Left-handed || [[Slow left-arm wrist-spin]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2018 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|5.8|c|-3}}||
|-
|-|| [[Shivam Mavi]] || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|India}} || {{birth date and age|1998|11|26|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[fast bowling|fast-medium]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2018 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|3|c|-3}} ||
|-
|33|| '''[[Vinay Kumar]]''' || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|IND}} || {{birth date and age|1984|2|12|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium-fast]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2018 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|1|c|-3}} ||
|-
|43|| [[Prasidh Krishna]] || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|India}} || {{birth date and age|1996|02|19|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[fast bowling|medium-fast]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2018 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|20|l|-3}} ||
|-
|-|| '''[[Tom Curran (cricketer)|Tom Curran]]''' || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|ENG}} || {{birth date and age|1995|3|12|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|fast-medium]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2018 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|1.62|c|-3}} || Overseas<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/23000039/tom-curran-replaces-starc-kolkata-knight-riders-squad|title=Tom Curran replaces Starc in Kolkata Knight Riders squad|date=30 March 2018|website=ESPNCricinfo|access-date=2 April 2018}}</ref>
|-
|14|| '''[[Mitchell Starc]]''' || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|Australia}} || {{birth date and age|1990|1|30|df=y}} || Left-handed || Left-arm [[Fast bowling|fast]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2018 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|9.4|c|1}} || Overseas
|}

{{notelist}}

==Season==
===League table===
{{2018 Indian Premier League Points table}}

===Results===
====League matches====
{{hatnote|All times are in [[Indian Standard Time]] ([[UTC+05:30]])}}
{{2018 IPL match 3}}
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{{2018 IPL match 5}}
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{{2018 IPL match 10}}
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{{2018 IPL match 13}}
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{{2018 IPL match 15}}
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{{2018 IPL match 18}}
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{{2018 IPL match 26}}
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{{2018 IPL match 29}}
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{{2018 IPL match 33}}
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{{2018 IPL match 37}}
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{{2018 IPL match 41}}
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{{2018 IPL match 44}}
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{{2018 IPL match 49}}
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{{2018 IPL match 54}}

==Statistics==

===Most runs===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%; width:90%;"
|-
! style="background:indigo; color:gold; text-align:center;"| Name
! style="background:indigo; color:gold; text-align:center;"| Nat
! style="background:indigo; color:gold; text-align:center;"| Mat
! style="background:indigo; color:gold; text-align:center;"| Inns
! style="background:indigo; color:gold; text-align:center;"| Runs
! style="background:indigo; color:gold; text-align:center;"| HS
! style="background:indigo; color:gold; text-align:center;"| Avg
! style="background:indigo; color:gold; text-align:center;"| SR
|-
|'''[[Dinesh Karthik]]'''
|{{Flagicon|IND}}
|16
|16
|498
|52
|49.80
|147.77
|-
|[[Chris Lynn]]
|{{Flagicon|AUS}}
|16
|16
|491
|74
|32.73
|130.23
|-
|[[Sunil Narine]]
|{{Flagicon|TRI}}
|16
|16
|357
|75
|22.31
|189.89
|-
|[[Robin Uthappa]]
|{{Flagicon|IND}}
|16
|16
|351
|54
|21.93
|132.45
|-
|[[Andre Russell]]
|{{Flagicon|JAM}}
|16
|16
|316
|88[[not out|*]]
|28.72
|184.79
|-
|}
* ''Last Update: 29 May 2018''.
* '''Source:''' Cricinfo<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?class=6;id=2018;team=4341;type=year|title=KKR Most Runs in IPL 2018|publisher=Cricinfo}}</ref>

===Most wickets===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%; width:90%;"
|-
! style="background:indigo; color:gold; text-align:center;"| Name
! style="background:indigo; color:gold; text-align:center;"| Nat
! style="background:indigo; color:gold; text-align:center;"| Mat
! style="background:indigo; color:gold; text-align:center;"| Wkts
! style="background:indigo; color:gold; text-align:center;"| BBI
! style="background:indigo; color:gold; text-align:center;"| Ave
! style="background:indigo; color:gold; text-align:center;"| Eco
|-
|'''[[Kuldeep Yadav]]'''
|{{Flagicon|IND}}
|16
|17
|4/20
|24.58
|8.14
|-
|[[Sunil Narine]]
|{{Flagicon|TRI}}
|16
|17
|3/18
|27.47
|7.65
|-
|[[Piyush Chawla]]
|{{Flagicon|IND}}
|15
|14
|3/48
|29.42
|8.40
|-
|[[Andre Russell]]
|{{Flagicon|JAM}}
|16
|13
|3/31
|27.30
|9.38
|-
|[[Prasidh Krishna]]
|{{Flagicon|IND}}
|7
|10
|4/30
|26.00
|9.28
|}
* ''Last Update: 29 May 2018''.
* {{Color box|#C082FF|border=darkgray}} The player with the most wickets at the end of the tournament receives the Purple Cap.
* '''Source:''' Cricinfo<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?class=6;id=2018;team=4341;type=year|title=KKR Most Wickets in IPL 2018|publisher=Cricinfo}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==

{{Kolkata Knight Riders}}

[[Category:Kolkata Knight Riders seasons]]

Kolkata Knight Riders in 2018 - Revision history

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