What are Nitish Rana's IPL 2026 stats?

Nitish Rana took the field for Delhi Capitals in their IPL 2026 fixture vs KKR on 2026-05-24 (fixture 69664). (Sample: 1 match. Source: CricketStudio ball-by-ball aggregation, IPL 2026.)

Nitish Rana

Delhi Capitals · right arm offbreak · left-hand bat · Batter

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Matches

225

Runs

151.0

Strike Rate

25.0

Average

Sixes

Fifties

Phase analysis — IPL 2026

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Powerplay (1–6)

106

SR · 67 balls · 71 R

71 runs11 4s2 6s

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Middle (7–15)

182.4

SR · 74 balls · 135 R

135 runs15 4s6 6s

Death (16–20)sub-floor

237.5

SR · 8 balls · 19 R

19 runs1 4s2 6s

Powerplay (1–6) · Bowlingsub-floor

12.5

Economy · 12 balls · 0 wkts

25 runs0 wkts5 dots

Middle (7–15) · Bowlingsub-floor

Economy · 12 balls · 1 wkts

28 runs1 wkts1 dots

Death (16–20) · Bowlingsub-floor

—

Economy · 0 balls · 0 wkts

0 runs0 wkts0 dots

Usage threshold per the Kimber/Ganjoo school: a real all-rounder contributes ≥10% on both sides. Methodology: /methodology/player-event-claims#usage.

Metric	IPL 2026 all-rounder usage
Value	14.5% bat / 20% bowl
Period	IPL 2026 to date
Computed	2026-09-08T00:52:17.969Z

P3 — Form & phase

5 claims

IPL 2026 season presence

Nitish Rana appeared in 12 IPL 2026 matches (12-fixture sample) for Delhi Capitals, most recently on 2026-05-24.

12 matchesn=12 fixtures · IPL 2026 to date

Powerplay strike rate, IPL 2026

Nitish Rana scores at 106.0 strike rate in IPL 2026 powerplay (67-ball sample, #42 of 45 qualifying batters).

106.0 SRn=67 legal deliveries faced in overs 1-6 · IPL 2026 to date

IPL 2026 best innings impact (par-shift)

Nitish Rana's best IPL 2026 innings impact: team scored 264 (+92 vs venue par) when he made 91 vs PBKS on 2026-04-25.

+92 vs parn=3 qualifying innings · IPL 2026 to date

Bowling economy in IPL 2026

Nitish Rana economy 13.8 in IPL 2026 (24 balls, 0 wickets).

13.8n=24 balls bowled · IPL 2026↗

Powerplay batting strike rate in IPL 2026

Nitish Rana powerplay strike rate 106.0 in IPL 2026 (67 balls).

106.0n=67 PP balls faced · IPL 2026↗

P4 — Season comparatives

4 claims

Delhi Capitals appearance rank, IPL 2026

Nitish Rana ranks #9 of 23 CricketStudio-tracked Delhi Capitals squad members by IPL 2026 appearance count (12 matches).

#9 of 23n=23-player DC cohort · IPL 2026 to date

Batting strike rate in IPL 2026

Nitish Rana strike rate 151.0 in IPL 2026 (149 balls, 9 innings).

151.0n=149 balls faced · IPL 2026↗

Runs scored in IPL 2026

Nitish Rana scored 225 runs in IPL 2026 (9 innings, avg 25.0).

225n=9 innings · IPL 2026↗

Sixes hit in IPL 2026

Nitish Rana hit 10 sixes in IPL 2026 (9 innings).

10n=9 innings · IPL 2026↗

P2 — Moments

2 claims

IPL 2026 best non-opening partnership

Nitish Rana's best non-opening IPL 2026 partnership: 216 for the 2nd wicket with Lokesh Rahul vs PBKS on 2026-04-25.

216 runs (2nd-wkt)n=1 partnership · 96 balls · IPL 2026 to date

Half-centuries in IPL 2026

Nitish Rana scored 2 half-centuries in IPL 2026.

2n=9 innings · IPL 2026↗

P1 — Match recaps

2 claims

IPL 2026 most-recent fixture appearance

Nitish Rana took the field for Delhi Capitals in their IPL 2026 fixture vs KKR on 2026-05-24 (fixture 69664).

DC vs KKRn=1 match · 2026-05-24 (fixture 69664)

IPL 2026 first appearance

Nitish Rana first appeared in IPL 2026 on 2026-04-01 vs LSG (fixture 69522).

2026-04-01n=1 fixture · IPL 2026 to date

Career snapshot

Multi-format reach. IPL 2026 derived from ball-by-ball capture; non-IPL formats deferred to Phase C per methodology.

Format	Mat	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	100	50	HS
IPL 2026	9	9	225	25	151	0	2	91*
IPL career	121	121	3078	29.9	138.2	0	22	91

Bowling

Format	Mat	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	BBI	5w
IPL career	27	27	11	29.4	8.97	—	0

IPL career before 2026

Nitish Rana scored 2,853 runs in 112 pre-2026 IPL matches (2016–2025), strike rate 137.2.

Batting by season

Season	Team	Mat	Runs	HS	SR	Avg	4s	6s
2016	MI	3	104	70	140.5	34.67	7	8
2017	MI	12	333	62	126.6	30.27	24	17
2018	KKR	15	304	59	131	21.71	26	14
2019	KKR	11	344	85	146.4	34.4	27	21
2020/21	KKR	14	352	87	138.6	25.14	43	12
2021	KKR	16	383	80	122.4	29.46	34	17
2022	KKR	14	361	57	145	27.77	29	22
2023	KKR	14	413	75	141.9	31.77	39	20
2024	KKR	2	42	33	123.5	21	5	1
2025	RR	11	217	81	161.9	21.7	27	9
Career	KKR, MI, RR	112	2853	87	137.2	27.7	261	141

Bowling by season

Season	Mat	Wkts	Econ	Avg	SR
2016	1	0	—	—	—
2018	5	4	7.14	11	9.3
2019	6	3	9	24	16
2020/21	2	0	—	—	—
2021	2	0	—	—	—
2022	2	0	—	—	—
2023	6	3	8.49	25	17.7
2025	2	0	—	—	—
Career	26	10	8.44	27	19.2

Recent form — last 8 innings

P3 · Form

Date	Match	Runs	Balls	SR	4s	6s	Dismissal	Result
2026-05-08	DC vs KKR	8	10	80.0	1	0	caught	L
2026-05-05	DC vs CSK	15	13	115.4	2	0	caught	L
2026-05-01	RR vs DC	33	17	194.1	3	2	caught	W
2026-04-27	DC vs RCB	1	9	11.1	0	0	caught	L
2026-04-25	DC vs PBKS	91	44	206.8	11	4	caught	L
2026-04-21	SRH vs DC	57	30	190.0	7	3	caught	L
2026-04-08	DC vs GT	5	6	83.3	1	0	caught	L
2026-04-04	DC vs MI	0	3	0.0	0	0	runOut	W

Best innings — IPL career

By runs scored

Match	Runs	Balls	SR	Date
vs PBKS · Arun Jaitley Stadium	91	44	206.8	2026-04-25
vs SRH · Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium	57	30	190.0	2026-04-21
vs RR · Sawai Mansingh Stadium	33	17	194.1	2026-05-01
vs CSK · Arun Jaitley Stadium	15	13	115.4	2026-05-05
vs LSG · Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium	15	17	88.2	2026-04-01
vs KKR · Arun Jaitley Stadium	8	10	80.0	2026-05-08

Batting positions · IPL 2026

Batted at position #3 consistently.

Pos	Inn	Runs	Balls	SR	Avg
#3 top order	9	225	149	151.0	25.00

Source: SETU canonical aggregate. Position = first appearance in ball stream per innings.

Dismissal modes · IPL 2026

How Nitish Rana was dismissed across 9 wickets.

89%

Caught

11%

Run-out

"Caught" includes stumpings (score type indistinguishable). Cross-reference: season leaderboards.

Performance vs teams — IPL 2026

≥1 innings vs team

vs Team	Inn	Runs	Balls	SR	Avg	4s	6s	HS
PBKS	1	91	44	206.8	91.0	11	4	91
SRH	1	57	30	190.0	57.0	7	3	57
RR	1	33	17	194.1	33.0	3	2	33
CSK	1	15	13	115.4	15.0	2	0	15
LSG	1	15	17	88.2	15.0	2	1	15
KKR	1	8	10	80.0	8.0	1	0	8
GT	1	5	6	83.3	5.0	1	0	5
RCB	1	1	9	11.1	1.0	0	0	1
MI	1	0	3	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

Runs by venue — IPL career

Venue × seasonFull breakdown →

Venue	Inn	Runs	Balls	SR	Avg	4s	6s	HS
Arun Jaitley Stadium	6	120	85	141.2	20.0	15	4	91
Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium	1	57	30	190.0	57.0	7	3	57
Sawai Mansingh Stadium	1	33	17	194.1	33.0	3	2	33
Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium	1	15	17	88.2	15.0	2	1	15

Head-to-head records

P5 · Opponent series

Sample-size floor: ≥5 deliveries per matchup. Window: IPL 2026 captured fixtures. Sorted by delivery count. Each row links to the full match-by-match record at /h2h.

As batter

vs bowler	Balls	Runs	SR	4s	6s
Marco Jansen	12	18	150.0	3	0
Xavier Bartlett	12	44	366.7	6	3
Mohammed Shami	11	10	90.9	1	1
Yuzvendra Chahal	11	16	145.5	0	1
Dilshan Madushanka	9	10	111.1	1	0
Sakib Hussain	8	13	162.5	3	0
Josh Hazlewood	7	0	0.0	0	0

As bowler

vs batter	Balls	Runs	SR conceded	Dots	Wkts
Abhishek Sharma	15	43	286.7	2	0

Source: CricketStudio aggregation of ball-by-ball data. Cohort: IPL 2026 captured fixtures. Sub-5-delivery matchups excluded per doctrine §3.1.

vs Bowling type

L2 · Conditional≥30 balls floor

vs Pace

146.4

SR of 146.4 vs pace bowling — 112 balls faced

112 balls·6 6s

vs Spin

170.6

SR of 170.6 vs spin bowling — 34 balls faced

34 balls·4 6s

Full breakdown at /players/nitish-rana/by-bowling-type · Source: SETU conditional aggregate

Drill into the data

Every dimension below is computed from ball-by-ball record. Pages with insufficient sample render an explicit disclosure.

Research mentioning Nitish

Leaderboards and research reports where this player appears.

IPL 2026

Death Overs Intelligence

Who wins and loses IPL 2026 overs 16–20 — economy leaders, strike-rate leaders, and all 10 teams compared. Ball-by-ball provenance throughout.

2026-06-01

Related entities

Plays for

Delhi Capitals

Most-faced bowlers (IPL career)

Yuzvendra Chahal · 92 balls Rashid Khan · 87 balls R Ashwin · 71 balls Ravindra Jadeja · 57 balls Marco Jansen · 57 balls Marcus Stoinis · 48 balls Thangarasu Natarajan · 48 balls Bhuvneshwar Kumar · 45 balls

Venues played at

Arun Jaitley Stadium · 6 matches Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium · 1 match Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium · 1 match Sawai Mansingh Stadium · 1 match

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Frequently asked

Who is Nitish Rana?▾

Nitish Rana is an Indian cricketer playing for Delhi Capitals in IPL 2026 as a batter (right arm offbreak), left-handed batter born in Delhi.

Which IPL 2026 team does Nitish play for?▾

Nitish Rana plays for Delhi Capitals in IPL 2026.

How many IPL 2026 matches has Nitish appeared in?▾

Nitish Rana appeared in 12 IPL 2026 matches (12-fixture sample) for Delhi Capitals, most recently on 2026-05-24.

What was Nitish's most recent IPL 2026 performance?▾

Nitish Rana is a true IPL 2026 all-rounder: faces 14.5% of his team's balls and bowls 20% of the opposition's balls across 9 fixtures.

How many runs has Nitish scored in IPL 2026?▾

Nitish Rana scored 225 runs in IPL 2026 (9 innings, avg 25.0).

What is Nitish's powerplay strike rate in IPL 2026?▾

Nitish Rana scores at 106.0 strike rate in IPL 2026 powerplay (67-ball sample, #42 of 45 qualifying batters).

What is Nitish's standout performance in IPL 2026?▾

Nitish Rana's best non-opening IPL 2026 partnership: 216 for the 2nd wicket with Lokesh Rahul vs PBKS on 2026-04-25.

How regular is Nitish in the Delhi Capitals lineup?▾

Nitish Rana ranks #9 of 23 CricketStudio-tracked Delhi Capitals squad members by IPL 2026 appearance count (12 matches).

Where is Nitish from?▾

Nitish Rana is Indian, born in Delhi.

Where can I find Nitish's full IPL 2026 stats?▾

Ball-by-ball stats, phase splits, and atomic claims for Nitish Rana are available at players.cricketstudio.ai/players/nitish-rana — all figures include sample-size provenance and computation timestamps.

When was Nitish born?▾

Nitish Rana was born on 27 December 1993.

Is Nitish a right-hand or left-hand batter?▾

Nitish Rana bats left-handed.

Identity & cross-references

CricketStudio resolves Nitish Rana to one canonical entity ID, mapped to every major cricket database. This is how AI systems and developers cite the same player across sources without ambiguity.

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Canonical ID · cs_player_604527

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