Nitish Rana

2016

IPL Debut

Batsman

Specialization

29

Age

103

Matches

IPL Squads / Kolkata Knight Riders / Nitish Rana

Career Overview/ Highlight : Nitish Rana IPL 2016 to 2024

Nitish Rana made his IPL debut for the Mumbai Indians in 2016. In fact, he was snapped up by the franchise in 2015, but the abundance of talent in the middle order ensured that he had to warm the bench. He finally got a call in 2016 and impressed the following season when the franchise won the trophy, with Rana scoring 333 runs with the bat.

Kolkata Knight Riders took note as they swooped in and picked him up for the 2018 season. Rana impressed with his ability to time the ball perfectly. He scored 304 runs during his maiden season with the Kolkata outfit.

In 2019, he showed improvement, scoring 344 runs, which included three fifties. Pleasing to the eye, Rana had good starts but struggled to convert those starts into a big score.

By the time 2022 came, he had established himself as one of the senior batters and was named the skipper as Shreyas Iyer was ruled out of the 2023 season. Although KKR struggled, Rana’s career improved, with the Delhi batter scoring 413 runs – his highest ever tally in IPL history.

Nitish Rana IPL 2016 to 2024: Performance Chart

Year	Mat	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s	Price
2023	14	14	1	413	75	31.77	140.96	0	3	39	20	8 Cr
2022	14	14	1	361	57	27.77	143.82	0	2	29	22	8 Cr
2021	17	16	3	383	80	29.46	121.97	0	2	34	17	3.4 Cr
2020	14	14	0	352	87	25.14	138.58	0	3	43	12	3.4 Cr
2019	14	11	1	344	85*	34.40	146.38	0	3	27	21	3.4 Cr
2018	15	15	2	304	59	23.38	131.03	0	1	26	14	3.4 Cr
2017	13	12	1	333	62*	30.27	126.13	0	3	24	17	10 lakhs
2016	4	3	0	104	70	34.66	138.66	0	1	7	8	10 lakhs

Abbreviations & Acronyms Mat -> Matches, Inn -> Innings, Runs -> Total Runs, HS -> Highest Score, SR -> Batting Strike Rate, Price -> Value of the Player

Achievements & Records

Scored 300+ runs in seven successive seasons in IPL
KKR’s fourth highest run-scorer in IPL – 2157 runs
Second highest sixes for KKR in IPL – 106 sixes
Joint-highest fifties for MI in IPL 2017 – 3 Fifties

Interesting Nitish Rana IPL Facts

Nitish Rana won an IPL title with the Mumbai Indians in the 2017 season.
In 2018, Nitish Rana registered his best bowling figures in IPL – 2/11. His victims were AB de Villiers and Virat Kohli.
Kolkata Knight Riders, Mumbai Indians, and Lucknow Super Giants were battling to buy Nitish Rana in the IPL 2022 auction. The Kolkata outfit purchased the player for ₹8 crore.