Nitin Kumar
Nitin Kumar (born 14 November 1985) is a Indian professional darts player, who competed in Professional Darts Corporation events.
Nitin Kumar | |
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Personal information | |
Nickname | The Royal Bengal |
Born | [1] Tamil Nadu, India | 14 November 1985
Home town | Preston, Lancashire, England |
Darts information | |
Playing darts since | 2003 |
Darts | 26g Target Phil Taylor 9Zero |
Laterality | Right-handed |
Walk-on music | "Centuries" by Fall Out Boy |
Organisation (see split in darts) | |
BDO | 2006, 2011–2020 |
PDC | 2015, 2018– |
PDC premier events – best performances | |
World Ch'ship | Last 96: 2019, 2020 |
Other tournament wins | |
Darts career
In 2014, he represented India at the 2014 PDC World Cup of Darts along with Amit Gilitwala, where they lost 5–0 in the first round to the Belgium pair of Kim Huybrechts and Ronny Huybrechts.
In 2015, he represented India at the 2015 PDC World Cup of Darts along with Ashfaque Sayed, where they lost 5–0 in the first round to the German pair of Jyhan Artut and Max Hopp.
In 2018, he won the Indian Qualifier for the 2019 PDC World Darts Championship, beating Ankit Goenka 5-0 in the final. In his First Round match with Jeffrey de Zwaan he could win three legs before losing 3-0. In 2019, he won the Indian Qualifier for the 2020 PDC World Darts Championship, beating Ravi Bhat 6-1[2] in the final.
World Championship results
PDC
- 2019: First round (lost to Jeffrey de Zwaan 0–3) (sets)
- 2020: First round (lost to Brendan Dolan 0-3) with an average of 90.17
Performance timeline
PDC
Tournament | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | ||||||||||||||
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PDC World Championship | DNP | 1R | 1R | |||||||||||||||||
Non-major televised events | ||||||||||||||||||||
PDC World Cup of Darts | 1R | DNP | ||||||||||||||||||
Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Year-end ranking | - | - | - | 152 | 143 |
Performance timeline legend | |||||
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DNP | Did not play in the event | #R | lost in the early rounds of the tournament (RR = Round robin) |
QF | lost in the quarter-finals |
SF | lost in the semi-finals | F | lost in the final | W | won the tournament |
References
- "Nitin Kumar". Mastercaller.com. 1985-11-14. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
- https://www.pdc.tv/news/2019/09/26/kumar-pratnemer-secure-world-championship-places