Nitish Rana. (FILE)Nitish Rana will captain Kolkata Knight Riders in the absence of Shreyas Iyer, who is recovering from a back injury, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) confirmed on Monday.
KKR also revealed that they hope Iyer will recover and participate at some stage in the IPL 2023 edition.
29-year-old Rana, who has led his state team Delhi in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, has played 74 matches for KKR and scored 1744 runs at a strike rate of 135.61.
In a statement released, the franchisee said it hoped that Rana would bring his experience into play and lead the side to triumphs.
“We feel fortunate that Nitish, with the captaincy experience having led his state side in white ball cricket and the IPL experience he has had with KKR since 2018, will do a great job,” said the franchisee.
“We are also confident that under Head Coach Chandrakant Pandit and the support staff, he will get all the support needed off the field, and the highly experienced leaders in the squad will provide all support that Nitish may need on the field,” it added.
Speaking on the same, Nitish Rana said, “KKR has been my home since 2018 and it’s an honour to lead them. This captaincy instills my belief of performing at the highest level.
“It’s a great opportunity for me to showcase my leadership skills and I will be using all my experience to not just bring the best out of me but also from my team. I also wish for a speedy recovery for Shreyas and I am looking forward to the new challenge ahead of me,” he added.
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— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) March 27, 2023
KKR Full Squad for IPL 2023- Andre Russell*, Anukul Roy, Harshit Rana, Lockie Ferguson (T)*, Nitish Rana, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (T)*, Rinku Singh, Shardul Thakur (T), Shreyas Iyer, Sunil Narine*, Tim Southee*, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy, Venkatesh Iyer, Shakib Al Hasan*, Mandeep Singh, Litton Das*, Kulwant Khejroliya, David Wiese*, Suyash Sharma, Vaibhav Arora, N. Jagadeesan
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