KKR new captain: Kolkata Knight Riders announce Nitish Rana as their new Captain for IPL 2023

Nitish Rana to captain KKR for IPL 2023 Edition
Nitish Rana to captain KKR | Image Credit – @KKRiders

Flamboyant, left-handed batsman, Nitish Rana has been named the Captain of the 2 time IPL Champions, KKR for IPL 2023 season & will take responsibilities of regular skipper, Shreyas Iyer in his absence to lead the squad. Due to back injury reported by Iyer during 4th test between India and Australia in Border-Gavaskar Trophy, Iyer has to pull his name out of the IPL for indefinite time.

If Iyer recovers on time, the kolkata based franchise believes he can make a comeback at some stage in the tournament. Although, the exact deadline of Iyer getting fit is not clear as of now.

With just 4 days to go, KKR took to twitter announcing the new skipper.

Rana was roped in 3.2 Cr by KKR in 2018 and since then, Rana has stayed with the franchise in every situation. His experience of leading state team put him ahead in the the race for captaincy, making him the right choice for the responsibilities. It will be interesting to see what the Captain-Coach combination of Rana-Chandrakant brings to the table once IPL starts.

Rana IPL batting stats –

YearMatchInngs.RunsHSSRAvg100s50s4s6s
2022141436157143.8227.77022922
2021171638380121.9729.46023417
2020141435287138.5825.14034312
2019141134485*146.3834.40032721
2018151530459131.0323.38012614
2017131233362*126.1330.27032417
20164310470138.6634.660178
TOTAL9185218187134.2228.32015190111
Rana IPL batting Stats

Rana IPL bowling stats –

YearMatchOversRunsWcktsBestEcnmyAvgSR4w5w
20221422300/911.5000
20211721200/56.0000
20201422300/711.5000
20191487231/89.0024.0016.0000
2018156.14442/117.1311.009.2500
20171300000
201641300/33.0000
TOTAL9121.117772/118.3625.2918.1400
Rana IPL bowling Stats

KKR will start their campaign against Punjab Kings on 1st April from 03:30pm IST onwards at Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali.

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