The 2018 season was the 11th season for the

Indian Premier League The Indian Premier League (IPL) is a professional Twenty20 (T20) cricket league in India, organised by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Founded in 2007, it features ten city-based Professional sports league organization, fr ...

franchise

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.The team finished in 7th position and could not qualify for the playoffs.

Offseason

Support staff changes

* In December 2017,

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was appointed head coach of the team * In March 2018,

Venkatesh Prasad Venkatesh Prasad (; born 5 August 1969), is an Indian Cricket Kannada Commentator, coach and former professional cricketer who played Tests and One Day Internationals. He made his debut in 1994. Primarily a right-arm medium-fast bowler, 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

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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

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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 The I. S. Bindra Punjab Cricket Association Stadium is a cricket ground located in Mohali, Punjab, India. It is commonly referred to as the Mohali Stadium. The stadium is home to the Punjab cricket team and formerly the IPL franchise Punjab Kin ...

in Mohali from 4 May to 14 May, whereas the earlier home matches in April were scheduled to be held at

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. 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.

Administration and coaching staff

* Owners -

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* Chief Executive Officer - Satish Menon * Chief Operating Officer - Rajeev Khanna * Team manager - Major Varoon Parmar * Head of cricket operations and strategy -

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* Head coach -

* Assistant coach -

Mithun Manhas Mithun Manhas (born 12 October 1979) is an Indian former first-class cricketer and current coach. A right-handed batsman, he also bowled right-arm off-spin and occasionally kept wicket. He was the first ever player from Jammu and Kashmir to pl ...

* Bowling coach -

* Fielding coach - Nishanta Bordoloi * Strength & conditioning coach - Nishant Thakur * Video analyst - Ashish Tuli * Physiotherapist – Amit Tyagi

Season

League table

Results

All times are in

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References

External links

{{Kings XI Punjab Punjab Kings seasons