Shah Rukh Khan Praised Nitish Rana’s Captaincy: Nitish Rana is handling the command of Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2023 in the absence of Shreyas Iyer. Iyer could not be a part of IPL 16 due to his back injury. KKR has so far played 11 matches under the captaincy of Nitish Rana, in which the team has won 5 and lost 6 matches. Team owner Shahrukh Khan appeared quite happy with Nitish’s captaincy in the tournament. Captain Nitish Rana himself disclosed this.
Talking to Star Sports, Nitish Rana told that Shah Rukh Khan praised his captaincy. Nitish said, “Shah Rukh Khan got a call. He said have faith. You are doing well as a captain. Back yourself. No need to bring much doubt. Do what you think I’m backing you.”
KKR is at number six in the points table
In the current points table, Kolkata Knight Riders is present at number six in the points table. The team has 5 wins, 10 points and -0.079 net runrate in 11 matches. The team has yet to play a total of three league matches. By winning all three, KKR will almost cut the playoff ticket. Kolkata will play their next match today i.e. on May 11, Thursday against Rajasthan Royals at their home ground Eden Gardens.
Nitish Rana has been seen in rhythm as a batsman
Nitish Rana has appeared in good form in IPL 2023 so far as a batsman. Batting in 11 innings of 11 matches, he scored 326 runs at an average of 29.64 and an excellent strike rate of 146.85. During this, two half-centuries have come out of his bat, in which his high score has been 75 runs. 30 fours and 19 sixes have come out of Rana’s bat. Now it will be interesting to see whether he takes KKR to the playoffs under his captaincy or not.
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