Kolkata,  Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) head coach and former South Africa all-rounder Jacques Kallis on Monday heaped praise on top-order batsman Nitish Rana, saying the player was told he will get a chance to showcase his talent from the outset. “He played well against us for Mumbai. Had heard good things about him. Perhaps he […]

Kolkata, Table-toppers Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) will both be high on confidence after registering morale-boosting victories in their respective previous games when they clash in an Indian Premier League (IPL) match at the Eden Gardens here on Saturday. While KKR got the better of Rajasthan Royals by seven wickets in Jaipur, […]

Nitish Rana, the Delhi domestic player was a part of the Mumbai Indian’s squad before but this year he is playing for the Kolkata Knight Riders. The youngster started his journey as a knight with a blaze in the first match only against Royal Challengers Bangalore at Eden Gardens. Kolkata Knight Riders crafted their first […]

Kolkata, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) part-time off-spinner Nitish Rana turned heads with his two wickets in successive deliveries to get rid of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) star batsmen A.B.de Villiers and skipper Virat Kohli in their Indian Premier League (IPL) opener here. His two scalps in the 15th over on Sunday proved vital for KKR […]

Kolkata, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) batsman Mandeep Singh has said that Sunil Narine’s 19-ball 50 took the game away from them and handed Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) a winning start to the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Eden Gardens here. KKR rode Narine’s pyrotechnics at the top and some composed batting by newly appointed […]

Kolkata, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) rode on Nitish Rana’s all-round show and Sunil Narine’s whirlwind 19-ball 50 to beat Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) by four wickets in an Indian Premier League (IPL) clash here on Sunday. In front of a packed Eden Gardens and co-owner Shah Rukh Khan, part-time off-spinner Rana (2/11) picked up the […]

Tonight’s game between the KXIP and MI, is, for the former, game of redemption, whereas for the latter, it is the game of building on the momentum gathered in the previous four games. While KXIP, led by the Big Show Glenn Maxwell, started off wonderfully winning their first two games and then lost three in […]

It was the auctions for the 2015 edition of the Indian Premier League. Mumbai Indians pocketed a certain Nitish Rana for his base price, Rs.10 lacs, who was known, in Delhi cricketing circles, as a magnificent hitter of the ball. Yet, the quintessential cricket fan always heard only about either Unmukt Chand or Rishabh Pant, […]

In a thrilling encounter at the Maharashtra Cricket Stadium, Pune, RPS, the home side edged past the visiting Mumbai Indians by x wickets and opened their account in the second game of IPL 10. Having set a challenging 185 to win, the RPS batted sensibly and ensured right from the beginning that the required run-rate […]