Nitish Rana will captain Kolkata Knight Riders within the absence of Shreyas Iyer, who’s recovering from a again damage.
KKR additionally revealed that they’re hopeful that Shreyas Iyer will get better and take part all through the IPL 2023 version.
Rana, who has led his state group Delhi in 12 T20s within the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, has performed 74 matches for KKR and scored 1744 runs at a strike charge of 135.61.
“We really feel lucky that Nitish, with the captaincy expertise having led his state aspect in white ball cricket and the IPL expertise he has had with KKR since 2018, will do an incredible job,” the franchisee mentioned in an announcement launched.
“We’re additionally assured that beneath Head Coach Chandrakant Pandit and the help employees, he’ll get all of the help wanted off the sector, and the extremely skilled leaders within the squad will present all help that Nitish may have on the sector,” it added.
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— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) March 27, 2023