| Club: | Kolkata Knight Riders |
| Season: | 2018 |
| Coach: | Jacques Kallis |
| Captain: | Dinesh Karthik |
| Most Runs: | Dinesh Karthik (498) |
| Most Wickets: | Kuldeep Yadav (17) Sunil Narine (17) |
| Comp1: | IPL |
| Comp1 Result: | 3rd |
| Prevseason: | 2017 |
| Nextseason: | 2019 |
The 2018 season was the 11th season for the Indian Premier League franchise Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). Dinesh Karthik captained the team for the season. The KKR finished the season in the third place.
| No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Year signed | Salary | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batsmen | |||||||||
| 3 | 12 October 1997 | Left-handed | 2018 | ||||||
| 27 | 27 December 1993 | Left-handed | 2018 | ||||||
| 37 | Robin Uthappa | 11 September 1985 | Right-handed | 2018 | Vice-captain | ||||
| 50 | Chris Lynn | 10 April 1990 | Right-handed | 2018 | Overseas | ||||
| 77 | 8 September 1999 | Right-handed | 2018 | ||||||
| 99 | 27 January 1989 | Right-handed | 2018 | ||||||
| 24 | 12 May 1989 | Left-handed | 2018 | Overseas | |||||
| 14 March 1992 | Right-handed | 2018 | |||||||
| All-rounders | |||||||||
| 12 | Andre Russell | 29 April 1988 | Right-handed | 2018 | Overseas | ||||
| 74 | Sunil Narine | 26 May 1988 | Left-handed | 2018 | Overseas | ||||
| 86 | 21 December 1986 | Right-handed | 2018 | date | Overseas | ||||
| 28 December 1999 | Right-handed | 2018 | |||||||
| Wicket-keepers | |||||||||
| 19 | Dinesh Karthik | 1 June 1985 | Right-handed | 2018 | Captain | ||||
| Bowlers | |||||||||
| 21 | Piyush Chawla | 24 December 1988 | Left-handed | 2018 | |||||
| 23 | Kuldeep Yadav | 14 December 1994 | Left-handed | 2018 | |||||
| 26 November 1998 | Right-handed | 2018 | |||||||
| 33 | Vinay Kumar | 12 February 1984 | Right-handed | 2018 | |||||
| 43 | 19 February 1996 | Right-handed | 2018 | ||||||
| Tom Curran | 12 March 1995 | Right-handed | 2018 | Overseas[1] | |||||
| 14 | Mitchell Starc | 30 January 1990 | Left-handed | 2018 | Overseas | ||||
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| Name | Matches | 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 |
| 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 |
| Name | Matches | 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 |