IPL 2023: Nitish Rana to guide Kolkata Knight Riders in absence of Shreyas Iyer
Batter Nitish Rana would be the captain of Kolkata Knight Riders (IPL) within the absence of standard skipper Shreyas Iyer, who’s at the moment recovering from a again harm, the franchise introduced on Monday.
The announcement was made on official Twitter deal with of the franchise. Though the franchise hopes that Shreyas will make a comeback at some stage in the course of the league, they’ve chosen to financial institution on Nitish’s expertise as a skipper for Delhi in home cricket within the shorter format. They additionally wished Iyer a full and speedy restoration.
“Kolkata Knight Riders today announced that Nitish Rana would captain the side in the absence of Shreyas lyer, who is recovering from a back injury. While we are hopeful that Shreyas will recover and participate at some stage in the IPL 2023 edition, 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. 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. We wish him the best in his new role and Shreyas a full and speedy recovery,” stated KKR in a press release shared on twitter.
Rana has been with KKR since 2018. He has scored a complete of 1,744 runs for the staff in 74 matches at a median of 26.02. He has scored 11 half-centuries for the facet with the very best rating of 87. In his IPL profession, which additionally noticed him play for Mumbai Indians from 2015-17, he has scored 2,181 runs in 91 matches at a median of 28.32, with 15 half-centuries and the very best rating of 87. His strike charge of 134.22 makes him a priceless asset for the facet on the prime.
Rana has a strong win-loss document as a captain. He has led Delhi in 12 T20Is within the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, the nation’s prime T20I home competitors, successful eight matches, and shedding 4.
Iyer is prone to miss the primary half of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023, reported ESPNCricinfo final week.
Iyer has opted out of again surgical procedure for his recurring lower-back harm. He has been suggested to relaxation and is continuous his rehab. The harm had first dominated him out of the ultimate Test towards Australia in the course of the recently-concluded Border-Gavaskar Trophy and he additionally missed the ODI collection towards the guests.
There isn’t any particular return date marked for Iyer and he can be underneath the supervision of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) medical workers on the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru. KKR, nevertheless, expects their skipper to be again for the second half of the cash-rich league.
Iyer’s points concern a disc bulge in his backbone, which has resulted in an impinged nerve. The nerve runs alongside the precise leg and has brought about excessive ache in Iyer’s calf. The batter has acquired six injections within the current previous to numb his again ache, in keeping with ESPNCricinfo.
Iyer, 28, first skilled again discomfort final December simply after the conclusion of the Bangladesh tour. He missed the collection towards New Zealand at dwelling and the primary BGT check towards Australia. Though he returned to play the second and third assessments, the ache resurfaced in the course of the remaining check, the place he fielded for 2 days. He didn’t come out to bat throughout India’s solely innings within the match which resulted in a draw.
Kolkata Knight Riders will begin its IPL 2023 marketing campaign towards Punjab Kings on April 1 on the Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali.
On April 6, they are going to be enjoying their first match on the dwelling enviornment of Eden Gardens, Kolkata towards Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Last yr, KKR managed a seventh-place end within the factors desk with six wins, eight losses and 12 factors of their 14 video games. They did not make it to the playoffs.
Kolkata Knight Riders: Squad energy 22 gamers (Overseas 8)
Players purchased in IPL 2023 auction- Shakib Al Hasan (Rs 1.50 crore), N. Jagadeesan (Rs 90 lakh), Vaibhav Arora (Rs 60 lakh), Suyash Sharma (Rs 20 lakh), David Wiese (Rs 1 crore), Kulwant Khejroliya (Rs 20 lakh), Litton Das (Rs 50 lakh), Mandeep Singh (Rs 50 lakh).
Players retained forward of IPL 2023 public sale: Shreyas Iyer (c), Nitish Rana, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell, Tim Southee, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Lockie Ferguson, Umesh Yadav, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy, Anukul Roy, Rinku Singh.
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