Before the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 season begins, Kolkata Knight Riders have received some significant news. In Shreyas Iyer’s absence, KKR has appointed 29-year-old Nitish Rana as the team’s captain. Shreyas Iyer is presently suffering from a back issue and will likely miss the entire IPL 2023 season. On April 1, Kolkata must play its opening game in the IPL 2023 against Punjab Kings.
KKR Captain List
- Sourav Ganguly – 27 matches, 13 wins, 14 losses
- Brendon McCullum – 13 matches, 3 wins, 9 losses, 1 tie
- Gautam Gambhir – 122 matches, 69 wins, 51 losses, 1 tie, 1 no result
- Jacques Kallis – 2 matches, 1 win, 1 loss
- Dinesh Karthik – 37 matches, 19 wins, 17 losses, 1 tie
- Eoin Morgan – 24 matches, 11 wins, 12 losses, 1 tie
- Shreyas Iyer – 14 matches, 6 wins, 8 losses
- Nitish Rana – 1st Session
IPL record of Nitish Rana
Nitish Rana is a middle-order right-handed batsman. Nitish Rana has so far competed in 91 IPL games. He has played 85 innings and scored 2181 runs during this time. In the IPL, Nitish has a strike rate of 134.22 and an average of 28.32. In the IPL, Nitish has 15 half-centuries. Nitish Rana has also competed in the IPL for the Mumbai Indians in addition to Kolkata.
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Squad 2023
Shreyas Iyer, Nitish Rana (Captain), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Lockie Ferguson, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy, Anukul Roy, Rinku Singh, Narayan Jagadeesan, Vaibhav Arora, Suyash Sharma, David Weise, Kulwant Khejrolia, Mandeep Singh, Litton Das, Shakib Al Hasan.
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