Nitish Rana

Nitish Rana (born 27 December 1993) is an Indian first-class cricketer who plays for Delhi in domestic cricket. He is an All-rounder, a left-handed batsman and right-arm off-break bowler who is also a member of the Kolkata Knight Riders squad in the Indian Premier League (IPL).[1] In November 2018, he was named as the captain of Delhi, replacing Gautam Gambhir.[2]

Nitish Rana
Personal information
Full nameNitish Rana
Born (1993-12-27) 27 December 1993
Bharthal, Delhi, India
NicknameNaughty Rana
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleAll-rounder
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2011–presentDelhi
2014–2017Mumbai Indians (squad no. 27)
2018–presentKolkata Knight Riders (squad no. 27)
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 38 53 96
Runs scored 2,266 1,542 2,110
Batting average 59.00 56.19 37.40
100s/50s 9/14 12/19 4/17
Top score 188 132 127*
Balls bowled 7,191 3,179 2,455
Wickets 25 41 36
Bowling average 32.45 28.70 20.38
5 wickets in innings 0 2 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 4/39 5/41 4/17
Catches/stumpings 33/– 25/– 34/–
Source: Cricinfo, 28 January 2020

Career

Rana made his first-class debut in the 2015–16 Ranji Trophy and ended the tournament with 557 runs, averaging 50.63 and finishing as his team's leading run-getter.[3] He was his team's second highest run-scorer in the 2015–16 Vijay Hazare Trophy with 218 runs.[4]

In the 2015–16 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, Rana struck 299 runs in 8 innings at a strike rate of 175.88 and an average of 42.71.[5] In a match against Andhra in that tournament, Rana came in to bat with Delhi struggling at 40 for 4, and launched a counter attacking innings of 97 off 40 balls (8 fours, 8 sixes) to take his team to 236 for 9 in 20 overs.[6] 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.[7] 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.[8] In January 2018, he was bought by the Kolkata Knight Riders in the 2018 IPL auction.[9]

In October 2018, he was named in India A's squad for the 2018–19 Deodhar Trophy.[10] In December 2018, he was named in India's team for the 2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup.[11] In October 2019, he was named in India B's squad for the 2019–20 Deodhar Trophy.[12]

Playing style

Rana is an aggressive left-handed batsman and off spin bowler. He was the leading six-hitter of the 2015–16 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy with 21 sixes and is said to have "big-hitting prowess".[13] Rana has credited Ricky Ponting for helping him develop into a big-hitting batsman.[4]

Controversies

For the upcoming IPL season in 2020, are being investigated for his involvement in age-fudging. If allegations are proven true, KKR might lose the services of Nitish Rana for IPL 2020.[14]

Nitish Rana was one of the 22 players banned by BCCI for the same reason in 2015 and though he is ineligible for age group cricket being 26 years of age now, it is highly unlikely that he might be banned from senior cricket.[15]

References
  1. Nitish Rana - ESPN Cricinfo
  2. "Ranji Trophy: Gautam Gambhir steps down as Delhi captain, Nitish Rana takes over". The Indian Express. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  3. "Records / Ranji Trophy, 2015/16 - Delhi / Batting and bowling averages". Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  4. "Gautam Gambhir's guidance has helped: Nitish Rana". bcci.tv. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  5. "Cricket Records - Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, 2015/16 - Records - Most runs - ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  6. "Syed Mushtaq Ali: Gautam Gambhir flops, Nitish Rana sizzles as Delhi hammer Andhra". ibnlive.com. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  7. "Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy - Group C Baroda v Delhi". Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  8. "Rana half-century guides Delhi home". Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  9. "List of sold and unsold players". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  10. "Rahane, Ashwin and Karthik to play Deodhar Trophy". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  11. "India Under-23s Squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  12. "Deodhar Trophy 2019: Hanuma Vihari, Parthiv, Shubman to lead; Yashasvi earns call-up". SportStar. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  13. "Nitish Rana". Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  14. "KKR may lose the services of Nitish Rana and Shivam Mavi over age-fudging". CricTracker. 31 December 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  15. Sep 30, PTI |; 2015; Ist, 21:16. "DDCA Mess: BCCI bans 22 Delhi junior players for age-fudging | undefined News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 9 July 2020.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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