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.
| 2019 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Coach | Mike Hesson | ||
| Captain | Ravichandran Ashwin | ||
| Ground(s) | Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali | ||
| 2019 Indian Premier League | 6th | ||
| Most runs | K. L. Rahul (593) | ||
| Most wickets | Mohammed Shami (19) | ||
| |||
Background
In October 2018 Marcus Stoinis was traded to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Mandeep Singh.[1]
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.[2][3]
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.[4]
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 | 18 April 1992 | Right-handed | 2018 | ₹11 crore (US$1.4 million) | Occasional Wicket-Keeper; Vice Captain | |
| 10 | David Miller |  South Africa | 10 June 1989 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | ₹3 crore (US$380,000) | Overseas |
| 14 | Mayank Agarwal | India | 16 February 1991 | Right-handed | 2018 | ₹1 crore (US$130,000) | ||
| 18 | Mandeep Singh | India | 18 December 1991 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2019 | ||
| 69 | Karun Nair | India | 6 December 1991 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | ₹5.6 crore (US$700,000) | |
| 97 | Sarfaraz Khan | India | 27 October 1997 | Right-handed | 2019 | ₹25 lakh (US$31,000) | ||
| 333 | Chris Gayle |  Jamaica | 21 September 1979 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | ₹2 crore (US$250,000) | Overseas |
| All-rounders | ||||||||
| 21 | Moises Henriques |  Australia | 1 February 1987 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2019 | ₹1.1 crore (US$140,000) | Overseas |
| 58 | Sam Curran |  England | 3 June 1998 | Left-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | 2019 | ₹7.2 crore (US$900,000) | Overseas |
| 95 | Harpreet Brar | India | 16 September 1995 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2019 | ₹20 lakh (US$25,000) | |
| — | Darshan Nalkande | India | 4 October 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2019 | ₹30 lakh (US$38,000) | |
| — | Agnivesh Ayachi | India | 15 June 1995 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2019 | ₹20 lakh (US$25,000) | |
| Wicket-keepers | ||||||||
| 29 | Nicholas Pooran |  Trinidad and Tobago | 2 October 1995 | Left-handed | 2019 | ₹4.2 crore (US$530,000) | Overseas | |
| 84 | Prabhsimran Singh | India | 18 April 2000 | Right-handed | 2019 | ₹4.8 crore (US$600,000) | ||
| Bowlers | ||||||||
| 2 | Arshdeep Singh | India | 5 February 1999 | Left-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | 2019 | ₹20 lakh (US$25,000) | |
| 3 | Ankit Rajpoot | India | 4 December 1993 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2018 | ₹3 crore (US$380,000) | |
| 7 | Hardus Viljoen | South Africa | 6 March 1989 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2019 | ₹75 lakh (US$94,000) | Overseas |
| 11 | Mohammed Shami | India | 3 September 1990 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2019 | ₹4.8 crore (US$600,000) | |
| 68 | Andrew Tye | Australia | 12 December 1986 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2018 | ₹7.2 crore (US$901,681.70) | Overseas |
| 88 | Mujeeb Ur Rahman |  Afghanistan | 28 March 2001 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | ₹4 crore (US$500,000) | Overseas |
| 89 | Murugan Ashwin | India | 8 September 1990 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2019 | ₹20 lakh (US$25,000) | |
| 91 | Varun Chakravarthy | India | 29 August 1991 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2019 | ₹8.4 crore (US$1.1 million) | |
| 99 | Ravichandran Ashwin | India | 17 September 1986 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | ₹7.6 crore (US$950,000) | 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
Ref[5]
Season
League table
| Pos | Team | 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 | |
| 3 | Delhi Capitals | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0.044 | Advanced to the Eliminator |
| 4 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 0.577 | |
| 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 |
Source: ESPNCricinfo
Fixtures
Kings XI Punjab 184/4 (20 overs) | v | Rajasthan Royals (H) 170/9 (20 overs) |
- Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
- Jos Buttler (Rajasthan Royals) was dismissed by Mankading.[7]
(H) Kolkata Knight Riders 218/4 (20 overs) | v | Kings XI Punjab 190/4 (20 overs) |
- 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.[8]
- Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders) played in his 100th IPL match.[9]
- Kolkata Knight Riders made their highest total at home in the IPL.[9]
Mumbai Indians 176/7 (20 overs) | v | Kings XI Punjab (H) 177/2 (18.4 overs) |
- Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
(H) Kings XI Punjab 166/9 (20 overs) | v | Delhi Capitals 152 (19.2 overs) |
- Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
- Sam Curran (Kings XI Punjab) took a hat-trick.[10]
(H) Chennai Super Kings 160/3 (20 overs) | v | Kings XI Punjab 138/5 (20 overs) |
- Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
Sunrisers Hyderabad 150/4 (20 overs) | v | Kings XI Punjab (H) 151/4 (19.5 overs) |
- Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
Kings XI Punjab 197/4 (20 overs) | v | Mumbai Indians (H) 198/7 (20 overs) |
- Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
- K. L. Rahul (Kings XI Punjab) scored his first century in the IPL.[11]
- Mumbai Indians recorded their highest ever successful run chase in the IPL.[11]
(H) Kings XI Punjab 173/4 (20 overs) | v | Royal Challengers Bangalore 174/2 (19.2 overs) |
- Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
(H) Kings XI Punjab 182/6 (20 overs) | v | Rajasthan Royals 170/7 (20 overs) |
- Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
- Arshdeep Singh (Kings XI Punjab) made his T20 debut.
Kings XI Punjab 163/7 (20 overs) | v | Delhi Capitals (H) 166/5 (19.4 overs) |
- Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
- Harpreet Brar (Kings XI Punjab) made his T20 debut.
(H) Royal Challengers Bangalore 202/4 (20 overs) | v | Kings XI Punjab 185/7 (20 overs) |
- Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
(H) Sunrisers Hyderabad 212/6 (20 overs) | v | Kings XI Punjab 167/8 (20 overs) |
- Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
(H) Kings XI Punjab 183/6 (20 overs) | v | Kolkata Knight Riders 185/3 (18 overs) |
- Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
Chennai Super Kings 170/5 (20 overs) | v | Kings XI Punjab (H) 173/4 (18 overs) |
- 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 [12]
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[13]
Player of the match awards
| No. | Date | Player | Opponent | Result | Contribution | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25 March 2019 | Chris Gayle | Rajasthan Royals | Won by 14 runs | 79 runs in 47 balls | [14] |
| 2 | 30 March 2019 | Mayank Agarwal | Mumbai Indians | Won by 8 wickets | 43 runs in 21 balls | [15] |
| 3 | 1 April 2019 | Sam Curran | Delhi Capitals | Won by 14 runs | 4/11 (2.2 overs) & 20 runs in 10 balls | [16] |
| 4 | 8 April 2019 | KL Rahul | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Won by 6 wickets | 71* runs in 53 balls | [17] |
| 5 | 16 April 2019 | Ravichandran Ashwin | Rajasthan Royals | Won by 12 runs | 2/24 (4 overs) & 17 runs in 4 balls | [18] |
| 6 | 5 May 2019 | KL Rahul | Chennai Super Kings | Won by 6 wickets | 71 runs in 36 balls | [19] |
References
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