New Delhi. The 16th match of UP T20 League was played between Noida Super Kings and Kanpur Superstars. Noida Super Kings registered a one-sided victory in this match. They beat Kanpur Superstars by 8 wickets. In this match, the player who was outside the Indian team played a brilliant innings. We are talking about Kolkata Knight Riders captain Nitish Rana, who scored an unbeaten 86 off 46 balls at a strike rate of 186 against Noida Super Kings.
In the match, Noida Super Kings won the toss and decided to bowl first. Which proved to be effective for him. Batting, the Kanpur Superstars team could score only 165 runs in 20 overs. During this time he also lost 7 wickets. While opening, Ansh Yadav scored 32 runs, Saurav Dubey scored 0 runs. Apart from this, Sameer Rizvi scored 37 runs, Akashdeep Nath scored 31 runs and Sandeep Tomar played a brilliant innings of 40 runs.
Chasing 165 runs, Noida Super Kings won in 19 overs. Almas Shaukat scored 55 runs starting the match. Nitish Rana, batting at number three, scored 86 runs off 46 balls. His innings consisted of 10 fours and 4 sixes. Nitish Rana has been out of Team India for almost 2 years. He made his ODI debut against Sri Lanka. But after that match, he never got a chance in the team again. In that match, Rana could score 7 runs in just 14 balls.
Rana has captained in IPL
Nitish Rana has also captained the IPL. In fact, due to Shreyas Iyer’s injury, Kolkata Knight Riders management decided to give Nitish Rana the captaincy. However, he did not prove to be that effective for Kolkata. His team’s journey in IPL 2023 ended at number seven.
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Tags: Kolkata Knight Riders, Nitish Rana
First published: September 08, 2023, 09:53 IST