Kolkata Knight Riders have appointed Nitish Rana as captain for the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League (IPL). The franchise launched an official assertion relating to the assertion whereas additionally stating that they hope for his or her common skipper Shreyas Iyer to be match at some stage of the season. Interestingly, studies have been doing rounds that both of Sunil Narine or Shardul Thakur can be taking cost of the crew is Iyer’s absence. But the franchise has backed Rana who has the expertise of main Delhi in home cricket.
KKR, in their assertion, expressed confidence in the brand new captain and felt that the brand new help workers together with head coach Chandrakant Pandit will do wonders in IPL 2023. The franchise additionally cleared that the skilled gamers in the squad will lend help to Rana on and off the sphere all through the season.
“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,” KKR mentioned in an official assertion.
As for Nitish Rana, he has been related to KKR since 2018 and has contributed decently for the crew. The left-hander has thus far performed 74 matches for the crew mustering 1744 runs at a strike-rate of 135.61. He can be hoping to guide from the entrance with the bat for the facet. KKR are set to get their marketing campaign underway from April 1 in opposition to Punjab Kings in Mohali.
