Shreyas Iyer, the leading player and captain of the Kolkata Knight Riders team, has been ruled out of the entire season of IPL 2023 due to a back injury. Delhi-based left-handed explosive batsman Nitish Rana, who played a vital role in the KKR team for three years after his exit, has been handed over the team’s captaincy.
Meanwhile, he attended a press conference on Wednesday, i.e. March 28. During this, Rana appeared shattered in the pride of captaincy. He said something, after which he was criticized. Let us know what he says.
Nitish Rana Appeared In The Pride Of Captaincy
The first match of Kolkata Knight Riders is to be played on April 1 in Mohali with Punjab. The journalists answered some of KKR captain Nitish Rana’s questions earlier. During this, a reporter asked him, who do you consider your idol in captaincy among Virat Kohli, Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Sourav Ganguly? To this, he gave a funny reply saying,
I don’t want to follow anyone and I want to lead in my own way. I know that if I start following someone, I will lose myself somewhere. I want to captain in my own way and take it forward in my own way.
Nitish Rana Wants To Captain In His Way
Nitish Rana has been commanded captaincy for the first time in IPL. He has been chosen as the new captain in place of Shreyas Iyer. And for the first time in his illustrious IPL career, he will be seen leading the team. Talking further, he said,
It is not just about Dada. I have played under many captains in all the big tournaments – Gautam Gambhir, Eoin Morgan, Dinesh Karthik, Shreyas. I never played under Dada. But everyone knows to what level he has taken Indian cricket. I think there is a lot to learn, but everyone has their own style of captaincy. I want you to be patient and wait and then you will know and talk about my captaincy methods.
Significantly, Nitish Rana has captained the team 12 times in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. At the same time, he will take over the responsibility of running KKR for the first time in IPL.
