KKR New Captain For IPL 2023
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The Kolkata Knight Riders have named Nitish Rana as their interim captain as Shreyas Iyer, the team’s regular captain, recovers from a back injury that would likely keep him out for at least the first part of the IPL 2023. Let us look into details on KKR New Captain.
Nitish Rana to lead KKR in Shreyas Iyer’s absence
“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,” the official KKR statement read.
He along with Sunil Narine, who joined the team in 2012 and has been a member ever since, was one of two candidates for the temporary captaincy.
But the Abu Dhabi Knight Riders experience, who finished last out of six teams with one victory and eight losses under Narine’s captaincy in the inaugural International League T20 halted his chances to lead the side in the Indian Premier League.
The franchise, however, is hopeful that Iyer will return in the later stages of the competition. Nitish Rana of Delhi will serve as the team’s captain during that time while head coach Chadrakant Pandit keeps a close eye on everything.
“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,” the statement added.
Rana has led his state side Delhi to eight wins and four loses in 12 T20 games for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. He was acquired by KKR prior to the 2018 season and has been with the team ever since. He is a middle-order hitter and has played 74 games for them, totaling 1744 runs at a 135.61 strike rate.
