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.
Background
In October 2018 Marcus Stoinis was traded to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Mandeep Singh.
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.
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.
Squad Players with international caps are listed in bold. No.NameNationalityBirth dateBatting styleBowling styleYear signedSalaryNotes Batsmen1 K. L. Rahul Right-handed 2018 Occasional Wicket-Keeper; Vice Captain10 David Miller Left-handed Right-arm off break 2018 Overseas14 Mayank Agarwal Right-handed 2018 18 Mandeep Singh Right-handed Right-arm medium 2019 69 Karun Nair Right-handed Right-arm off break 2018 97 Sarfaraz Khan Right-handed 2019 333 Chris Gayle Left-handed Right-arm off break 2018 Overseas All-rounders21 Moises Henriques Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2019 Overseas58 Sam Curran Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast 2019 Overseas95 Harpreet Brar Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2019 Darshan Nalkande Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2019 Agnivesh Ayachi Right-handed Right-arm medium 2019 Wicket-keepers29 Nicholas Pooran Left-handed 2019 Overseas84 Prabhsimran Singh Right-handed 2019 Bowlers2 Arshdeep Singh Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast 2019 3 Ankit Rajpoot Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2018 7 Hardus Viljoen Right-handed Right-arm fast 2019 Overseas11 Mohammed Shami Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2019 68 Andrew Tye Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2018 Overseas88 Mujeeb Ur Rahman Right-handed Right-arm off break 2018 Overseas89 Murugan Ashwin Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2019 91 Varun Chakravarthy Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2019 99 Ravichandran Ashwin Right-handed Right-arm off break 2018 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
Season League table
Fixtures
Statistics
Most runs No. Name Match Inns NO Runs HS Ave. BF SR 100s 50s 0 4s 6s1 KL Rahul 14 14 3 593 100* 53.90 438 135.38 1 6 0 49 252 Chris Gayle 13 13 1 490 99* 40.83 319 153.60 0 4 0 45 343 Mayank Agarwal 13 13 1 332 58 25.53 234 141.88 0 2 1 26 144 David Miller 10 10 2 213 59* 26.62 164 129.87 0 1 0 19 7 5Sarfaraz Khan 8 5 1 180 67 45.00 143 125.87 0 1 0 19 4 Source: IPL
Most wickets No. Name Match Inns Overs Maidens Runs Wickets BBI Ave. Econ. SR 4W 5W1 Mohammed Shami 14 14 54.0 0 469 19 3/21 24.68 8.68 17.0 0 02 Ravichandran Ashwin 14 14 55.0 0 400 15 3/23 26.66 7.27 22.0 0 03 Sam Curran 9 9 33.0 0 323 10 4/11 32.30 9.78 19.8 1 04 Hardus Viljoen 6 6 23.0 0 222 7 2/39 31.71 9.65 19.7 0 05 Murugan Ashwin 10 10 34.0 0 255 5 2/25 51.00 7.50 40.8 0 0 Source:Cricinfo
Player of the match awards No. Date Player Opponent Result Contribution Ref.125 March 2019Chris GayleRajasthan RoyalsWon by 14 runs79 runs in 47 balls 230 March 2019Mayank AgarwalMumbai IndiansWon by 8 wickets43 runs in 21 balls 31 April 2019Sam CurranDelhi CapitalsWon by 14 runs4/11 (2.2 overs) & 20 runs in 10 balls48 April 2019KL RahulSunrisers HyderabadWon by 6 wickets71* runs in 53 balls516 April 2019Ravichandran AshwinRajasthan RoyalsWon by 12 runs2/24 (4 overs) & 17 runs in 4 balls65 May 2019KL RahulChennai Super KingsWon by 6 wickets71 runs in 36 balls
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