Nitin Kumar
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Nitin Kumar | |
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Personal information | |
Nickname | The Royal Bengal |
Born | [1] Tamil Nadu, India | 14 November 1985
Home town | Coimbatore, India |
Darts information | |
Playing darts since | 2003 |
Darts | 26g Target Phil Taylor 9Zero |
Laterality | Right-handed |
Walk-on music | "Best of You" by Foo Fighters |
Organisation (see split in darts) | |
BDO | 2006, 2011–2020 |
PDC | 2015, 2018– |
PDC premier events – best performances | |
World Ch'ship | Last 96: 2019, 2020, 2022 |
Other tournament wins | |
Nitin Kumar (born 14 November 1985) is an Indian professional darts player, who competed in Professional Darts Corporation events.
Darts career[]
In 2011, he represented Team India at the 2011 WDF World Cup along with , , & .
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 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 6-1[2] in the final. In 2021, he won the Indian Qualifier for the 2022 PDC World Darts Championship, beating Vikehelie Suohu 6-0[3] in the final to secure a third appearance in four years.
World Championship results[]
PDC[]
- 2019: First round (lost to Jeffrey de Zwaan 0–3)
- 2020: First round (lost to Brendan Dolan 0–3)
- 2022: First round (lost to Ricky Evans 0–3)
Performance timeline[]
PDC
Tournament | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | ||||||||||||
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PDC World Championship | DNP | 1R | 1R | DNP | 1R | |||||||||||||||
Non-major televised events | ||||||||||||||||||||
PDC World Cup of Darts | 1R | DNP | ||||||||||||||||||
Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Year-end ranking | - | - | - | 152 | 143 | - | 124 |
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.
- ^ "Kumar & Pratnemer secure World Championship places".
- ^ "Shibata, Kumar, Schmutzler join list of International Qualifiers".
External links[]
- www.trbdarts.in - Player Website
- Player profile on Nitin Kumar from Dartsdatabase
- 1985 births
- Living people
- Indian darts players
- Professional Darts Corporation associate players
- PDC World Cup of Darts Indian team
- Darts biography stubs
- Indian sportspeople stubs