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Nitish Rana

On scorecards: N Rana · Right-hand bat

11
Seasons
127
Matches
3,078
Runs
SR 137.7
10
Wickets
econ 9.03
2
Titles
6
Player of the match

From CricArcade's IPL records, 2016 to 2026 · Sources

Nitish Rana, a batter, has played eleven IPL seasons for four franchises. Two titles came along the way.

The arrival

Nitish Rana's first IPL season was 2016, with Mumbai Indians, a signing made outside the auction.

That first season brought 4 matches and 104 runs. The best was still to come.

The peak

The high point with the bat was 2023, for Kolkata Knight Riders: 413 runs at an average of 31.8, striking at 141.0 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 141.9, with 3 fifties, and a highest score of 75.

With the ball, the best season was 2018, for Kolkata Knight Riders: 4 wickets at 7.14 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 8.50, with best figures of 2 for 11.

Franchise by franchise

2016 to 2017, Mumbai Indians. 17 matches and 437 runs; champions in 2017.

2018 to 2024, Kolkata Knight Riders. Bought at the 2018 auction for ₹3.40 cr. 90 matches, 2,199 runs and 10 wickets; champions in 2024.

2025, Rajasthan Royals. Bought at the 2025 auction for ₹4.20 cr. 11 matches and 217 runs.

2026, Delhi Capitals. Arrived outside the auction. 9 matches and 225 runs.

4 spells with four franchises in all. The longest was with Kolkata Knight Riders, 2018 to 2024.

Bat, ball and method

Across the career, Nitish Rana has struck at 137.7. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 137.0, so the scoring rate has tracked the league's almost exactly. 67% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 288 fours and 151 sixes.

The ball-by-ball record adds the detail. 39.3% of the balls Nitish Rana faced were dot balls, a higher share than 80% of the 140 batters who have faced 500 balls or more in the IPL. A six came every 14.8 balls, and a four every 7.8.

With the ball, 10 wickets in 216 deliveries, at 9.03 runs an over against a league rate of 8.63 for the same seasons: 0.39 an over more expensive than the typical bowler of the time.

The fielding record: 29 catches and 2 run-outs.

At the auction

Nitish Rana has gone under the hammer four times. The highest price was ₹8 cr, paid by Kolkata Knight Riders in 2022, more than 5 times the base price. The price climbed with the reputation: ₹10 lakh in 2015, ₹4.20 cr by 2025. Being bought did not always mean playing: no match followed for Mumbai Indians in 2015.

Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.

Where it stands

Nitish Rana has made 127 IPL appearances, the latest for Delhi Capitals in 2026, and has won 6 player-of-the-match awards.

Season by season

Batting, bowling and fielding for each IPL season. SR is strike rate, Econ runs per over, POTM player-of-the-match awards; * not out.
SeasonTeamMRunsHSAvgSR50/100WktsEconBestCtPOTM
2016Mumbai Indians41047034.7138.71/003.00-0
2017Mumbai Indians1333362*30.3126.13/0–––42Champions
2018Kolkata Knight Riders153045921.7131.01/047.142/1122
2019Kolkata Knight Riders1434485*34.4146.43/039.001/83
2020Kolkata Knight Riders143528725.1138.63/0011.50-2
2021Kolkata Knight Riders173838029.5122.02/006.00-41
2022Kolkata Knight Riders143615727.8143.82/0011.50-6
2023Kolkata Knight Riders144137531.8141.03/038.492/173
2024Kolkata Knight Riders2423321.0123.50/0–––0Champions
2025Rajasthan Royals112178121.7161.92/009.00-21
2026Delhi Capitals92259125.0151.02/0013.75-3

Franchise journey

Ball-by-ball detail

Career totals from ball-by-ball data, not split by season; included only where they agree exactly with the runs and wickets on this page.
MetricValue
Dot balls faced39.3%
Balls per four7.8
Balls per six14.8
Dot balls bowled30.1%
Balls per wicket21.6
Catches29
Run-outs2
Stumpings0

At the auction

From the IPL auction archive; prices in lakh and crore of rupees, with the US dollar price for the auctions that were conducted in dollars (2008 to 2013).
AuctionSetBase priceResult
2015–₹10 lakhSold to Mumbai Indians for ₹10 lakh
2018UAL1₹20 lakhSold to Kolkata Knight Riders for ₹3.40 cr
2022AL1₹1.50 crSold to Kolkata Knight Riders for ₹8 cr
2025AL2₹1.50 crSold to Rajasthan Royals for ₹4.20 cr

Sources