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Nitish Rana (born 27 December 1993) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Delhi in domestic cricket and for Kolkata Knight Riders & Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League (IPL).[1] He is a left-handed batsman and a part-time off spinner bowler. In November 2018, he was named as the captain of Delhi, replacing Gautam Gambhir.[2] He made his international debut for the India in July 2021.[3]

Nitish Rana

Personal information
Born	(1993-12-27) 27 December 1993 (age 28) Delhi, India
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off break
Role	Batting allrounder
Relations	Saachi Marwah (wife) ​ ​ (m. 2019)​
International information
National side	India
Only ODI (cap 239)	23 July 2021 v Sri Lanka
T20I debut (cap 90)	28 July 2021 v Sri Lanka
Last T20I	29 July 2021 v Sri Lanka
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2011–present	Delhi
2015–2017	Mumbai Indians (squad no. 27)
2018–present	Kolkata 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

Playing style

Rana is an aggressive left-handed batter and off spin bowler. He was the leading six-hitter of the 2015–16 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy

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.[4] He was his team's second highest run-scorer in the 2015–16 Vijay Hazare Trophy with 218 runs.[5]

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]

Personal life

In 18 february, 2019, Nitish married with his long-term girlfriend Saachi Marwah, who is a cousin-sister of Indian-comedian Krushna Abhishek.[20][21]

References

External link

• Nitish Rana at ESPNcricinfo

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