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.NameNationalityBirth dateBatting styleBowling styleYear signedSalaryNotes Batsmen5 Aaron Finch Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2018 Overseas10 David Miller Left-handed Right-arm off break 2018 Overseas13 Akshdeep Nath Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2018 14 Mayank Agarwal Right-handed 2018 45 Manoj Tiwary Right-handed Right arm leg break 2018 69 Karun Nair Right-handed Right-arm off break 2018 333 Chris Gayle Left-handed Right-arm off break 2018 Overseas All-rounders12 Yuvraj Singh Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2018 35 Pardeep Sahu Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2018 62 Mayank Dagar Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2018 21 Manzoor Dar Right-handed Right-arm off break 2018 Wicket-keepers1 KL Rahul Right-handed 2018 Vice Captain Bowlers3 Ankit Rajpoot Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2018 18 Mohit Sharma Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2018 23 Ravichandran Ashwin Right-handed Right-arm off break 2018 Captain 27 Ben Dwarshuis Left-handed Left-arm fast-medium 2018 Overseas51 Barinder Sran Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast 2018 68 Andrew Tye Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2018 Overseas88 Mujeeb Ur Rahman Right-handed Right-arm off break 2018 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
Results All times are in Indian Standard Time (UTC+05:30)
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