Nitish Rana

Nitish Rana
Personal information
Born (1993-12-27) 27 December 1993 (age 30)
Delhi, India
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleBatting allrounder
Relations
Saachi Marwah (wife)
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(m. 2019)​
International information
National side
Only ODI (cap 239)23 July 2021 v Sri Lanka
T20I debut (cap 90)28 July 2021 v Sri Lanka
Last T20I29 July 2021 v Sri Lanka
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2011–2023Delhi
2023-presentUttar Pradesh
2015–2017Mumbai Indians (squad no. 27)
2018–2024Kolkata Knight Riders (squad no. 27)
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 41 60 153
Runs scored 2436 1951 3545
Batting average 41.28 39.81 27.91
100s/50s 6/11 3/11 0/24
Top score 174 137 97
Balls bowled 1,689 1,448 577
Wickets 23 33 29
Bowling average 38.39 34.75 23.24
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 3/47 3/36 4/17
Catches/stumpings 23/– 16/– 39/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 29 July 2021

Nitish Rana (born 27 December 1993) is an Indian cricketer who plays for the Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League (IPL).[1] He is an attacking left-handed batsman, effective off spin bowler and current captain of the Uttar Pradesh Cricket Team He was a batsman and part-time bowler during his initial stage but now he has developed himself into an effective batting allrounder. In November 2018, he was named as the captain of Delhi, succeeding former captain Gautam Gambhir. Rana was also captain of Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL 2023 Season.[2]

After Delhi lost three of their top four batsmen for single digit scores against Baroda, Rana top-scored once again with 53 off just 29 balls and helped his team chase down Baroda's total of 153.[3] Against Jharkhand, he hit an unbeaten 60 off 44 balls after Delhi were reduced to 14 for 3 in their chase of 135 and helped his team to a 5-wicket win.[4] In January 2018, he was bought by the Kolkata Knight Riders in the 2018 IPL auction.[5]

In October 2018, Rana was named in India A's squad for the 2018–19 Deodhar Trophy.[6] In December 2018, he was named in India's team for the 2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup.[7] In October 2019, he was named in India B's squad for the 2019–20 Deodhar Trophy.[8]

Rana was one of 22 players banned by Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for the age-fudging in 2015.[9] Ahead of the 2020 Indian Premier League, Rana was reportedly investigated again for his involvement in age-fudging but the allegations were proved wrong.[10]

  1. ^ "Biography of Nitish Rana". Cricketer Life. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Ranji Trophy: Gautam Gambhir steps down as Delhi captain, Nitish Rana takes over". The Indian Express. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy - Group C Baroda v Delhi". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  4. ^ "Rana half-century guides Delhi home". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  5. ^ "List of sold and unsold players". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  6. ^ "Rahane, Ashwin and Karthik to play Deodhar Trophy". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  7. ^ "India Under-23s Squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  8. ^ "Deodhar Trophy 2019: Hanuma Vihari, Parthiv, Shubman to lead; Yashasvi earns call-up". SportStar. 24 October 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  9. ^ "DDCA Mess: BCCI bans 22 Delhi junior players for age-fudging". The Times of India. 30 September 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  10. ^ "KKR may lose the services of Nitish Rana and Shivam Mavi over age-fudging". CricTracker. 31 December 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2020.