Nitish Rana

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Nitish Rana
Personal information
Full nameNitish Rana
Born (1993-12-27) 27 December 1993 (age 27)
Bharthal, Delhi, India
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleBatsman
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–presentDelhi
2015–2017Mumbai Indians (squad no. 27)
2018–presentKolkata Knight Riders (squad no. 27)
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 38 58 116
Runs scored 2,266 1,940 2,725
Batting average 41.20 41.27 28.09
100s/50s 6/9 3/11 0/20
Top score 174 137 97
Balls bowled 1,377 1,418 511
Wickets 15 33 28
Bowling average 46.60 34.09 21.17
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 2/1 3/36 4/17
Catches/stumpings 23/– 16/– 28/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 29 July 2021

Nitish Rana (born 27 December 1993) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Delhi in domestic cricket and for Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League. He is a left-handed batsman and a part-time off spin bowler. In November 2018, he was named as the captain of Delhi, replacing Gautam Gambhir.[1] He made his international debut for the India in July 2021.[2]

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".[3] Rana has credited Ricky Ponting for helping him develop into a big-hitting batsman.[4]

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.[5] 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.[6] 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.[7] 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.[8] 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.[9] In January 2018, he was bought by the Kolkata Knight Riders in the 2018 IPL auction.[10]

In October 2018, Rana was named in India A's squad for the 2018–19 Deodhar Trophy.[11] In December 2018, he was named in India's team for the 2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup.[12] In October 2019, he was named in India B's squad for the 2019–20 Deodhar Trophy.[13]

Banning and investigation of age-fudging[]

Rana was one of the 22 players banned by Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for the age-fudging reason in 2015.[14]

In IPL 2020, Rana was investigated for his involvement in age-fudging again but the allegations were proved wrong.[15]

International career[]

In June 2021, Rana was named in India's One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) squads for their series against Sri Lanka.[16] He made his ODI debut on 23 July 2021, for India against Sri Lanka.[17] He scored 7 runs off 14 balls on his debut.[18] He made his T20I debut on 28 July 2021, for India against Sri Lanka.[19]

References[]

  1. ^ "Ranji Trophy: Gautam Gambhir steps down as Delhi captain, Nitish Rana takes over". The Indian Express. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  2. ^ "Nitish Rana profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Nitish Rana". Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  4. ^ a b "Gautam Gambhir's guidance has helped: Nitish Rana". bcci.tv. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  5. ^ "Records / Ranji Trophy, 2015/16 - Delhi / Batting and bowling averages". Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  6. ^ "Cricket Records - Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, 2015/16 - Records - Most runs - ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  7. ^ "Syed Mushtaq Ali: Gautam Gambhir flops, Nitish Rana sizzles as Delhi hammer Andhra". ibnlive.com. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  8. ^ "Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy - Group C Baroda v Delhi". Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  9. ^ "Rana half-century guides Delhi home". Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  10. ^ "List of sold and unsold players". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  11. ^ "Rahane, Ashwin and Karthik to play Deodhar Trophy". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  12. ^ "India Under-23s Squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  13. ^ "Deodhar Trophy 2019: Hanuma Vihari, Parthiv, Shubman to lead; Yashasvi earns call-up". SportStar. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  14. ^ 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)
  15. ^ "KKR may lose the services of Nitish Rana and Shivam Mavi over age-fudging". CricTracker. 31 December 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  16. ^ "Shikhar Dhawan to captain India on limited-overs tour of Sri Lanka". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  17. ^ "3rd ODI (D/N), Colombo (RPS), Jul 23 2021, India tour of Sri Lanka". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  18. ^ "'He batted in top 3 all his life, but came at No. 7 on debut': Chopra surprised with India youngster's batting position". Hindustan Times. 24 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  19. ^ "2nd T20I (N), Colombo (RPS), Jul 28 2021, India tour of Sri Lanka". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 July 2021.

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