Personal Information

Full Name Nitish Rana
Born December 27, 1993 Delhi
Age 31 Years, 2 Months, 16 Days
National Side India
Batting Style Left Handed
Bowling Off break
Sport Cricket

Ranking

Test ODI T20
Batting - - -
Bowling - - -

Man of the Match

Test ODI T20 World Cup CL
- 0 0 - -

Career Information

Teams Played India, India A, India B, India Red, North Zone, Kolkata Knight Riders, Rajasthan Royals, Mumbai Indians, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, India Under-23, Noida Kings
Career Span

Nitish Rana Overall Stats

Batting & Fielding Performance

M I N/O R HS 100s 50s 4s 6s AVG S/R CT ST Ducks R/O
ODI
1 1 0 7 7 v SL 0 0 0 0 7.00 50.00 - - SL 8 0 0 2 IND India IND
T20I
2 2 0 15 9 v SL 0 0 0 0 7.50 55.55 - - SL 8 0 0 3 IND India IND
First-class
54 83 6 2954 174 v MAH 7 13 383 49 38.36 59.13 27 0 MAH 1222 4 2 4 - - -
List A
79 73 12 2274 137 v PUD 3 14 228 60 37.27 85.52 26 0 PUD 1670 5 3 5 - - -
IPL
108 101 9 2636 87 v CSK 0 18 234 132 28.65 135.04 24 0 CSK 1108 7 4 6 KKR Kolkata Knight Riders KKR
ttwenty_non_domestic
17 17 2 389 86* v KAN 0 3 37 21 25.93 140.94 5 0 KAN 4002 1 1 73 NOI - -

Bowling Performance

I O M R W Best 3s 5s AVG E/R S/R Mtc
ODI
1 3 0 10 0 0/10 v SL 0 0 - 3.33 - 1 2 IND India IND
First-class
55 390.5 56 1211 27 3/47 v JHA 1 0 44.85 3.09 86.85 38 4 - - -
List A
64 346.2 13 1652 54 4/48 v CZ 5 0 30.59 4.76 38.48 64 5 - - -
IPL
24 30 0 252 10 2/11 v RCB 0 0 25.20 8.40 18.00 23 6 KKR Kolkata Knight Riders KKR
ttwenty_non_domestic
13 28 0 218 6 2/9 v GOR 0 0 36.33 7.78 28.00 13 73 NOI - -

Nitish Rana Profile


India has always had a plethora of right-handed batters, but in recent times there have been quite a few left-handed batters like Rishabh Pant, Ishan Kishan, and Nitish Rana who have made a mark on the big stage. Nitish Rana has been mostly seen in the role of an accumulator in the middle order to take on the spinners but the southpaw has often stepped on the gas when his team needed acceleration.


Born on 27th December 1993 and hailing from Delhi, Rana started his professional career in 2013 when he made his List A debut for Delhi against Assam during the 2012-13 Vijay Hazare Trophy. Later in March 2013, he made his T20 debut for Delhi against Vidarbha in the 2012-13 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. A couple of years later, in 2015, he made his first-class debut for Delhi against Vidarbha in the 2015-16 Ranji Trophy season. In his debut first-class season, he amassed 557 runs to end as Delhi’s top run scorer.

In 2016, Rana made his Indian Premier League debut but had limited opportunities in that season. He had a breakout season in the 2017 Indian Premier League, scoring 333 runs and playing a key role in the Mumbai franchise's title-winning campaign. However, he was released by the Mumbai franchise ahead of the 2018 Indian Premier League auction. The Kolkata franchise showed faith in him and acquired his services for the 2018 season; he has since become an integral part of the franchise.

With a strike rate of over 146 in the 2019 edition and an average of 34.40, Nitish was often touted as one of the most reliable players in the Kolkata line-up. Even though he mostly plays in the middle order, Nitish didn’t disappoint when he was asked to open the innings against the Hyderabad franchise that season during a daunting 182-run chase, and his quickfire 68 off 47 balls set the tone for his side. He was released ahead of the 2022 mega auction but resigned for INR 8 crore scoring 361 runs at a strike rate of 143.82.

Rana eventually made his India debut during the tour of Sri Lanka in 2022. He made his ODI and T20I debuts for India in that series. Having been retained by the Kolkata franchise, Rana led them for the 2023 season in the absence of Shreyas Iyer.