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IPL 2023: Nitish Rana named Kolkata Knight Riders captain replacing injured Shreyas Iyer

Nitish Rana will captain Kolkata Knight Riders in the absence of Shreyas Iyer, who is recovering from a back injury, the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) have confirmed.
KKR also revealed that they are hopeful that Shreyas Iyer will recover and participate at some stage in the IPL 2023 edition.
Rana, who has led his state team Delhi in 12 T20s in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, has played 74 matches for KKR and scored 1744 runs at a strike rate of 135.61.
“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,” the franchisee said in a statement released.
“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,” it added.

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— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) March 27, 2023

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