Nitish Rana

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

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9
Matches
225
Runs
151.0
Strike Rate
25.0
Average
10
Sixes
2
Fifties
91
HS

Phase analysis — IPL 2026

≥30 balls batting · ≥15 balls bowling✓ ClaimReview per phaseFull breakdown →
Powerplay (1–6)
106
SR · 67 balls · 71 R
71 runs11 4s2 6s
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
14
Economy · 12 balls · 1 wkts
28 runs1 wkts1 dots
Death (16–20) · Bowlingsub-floor
Economy · 0 balls · 0 wkts
0 runs0 wkts0 dots

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.

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

MetricIPL 2026 all-rounder usage
Value14.5% bat / 20% bowl
PeriodIPL 2026 to date
Computed

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P3Form & phase

5 claims
Powerplay strike rate, IPL 2026
IPL 2026 best innings impact (par-shift)
Bowling economy in IPL 2026
13.8n=24 balls bowled · IPL 2026
Powerplay batting strike rate in IPL 2026
106.0n=67 PP balls faced · IPL 2026

P4Season comparatives

4 claims
Delhi Capitals appearance rank, IPL 2026
Batting strike rate in IPL 2026
151.0n=149 balls faced · IPL 2026
Runs scored in IPL 2026
225n=9 innings · IPL 2026
Sixes hit in IPL 2026
10n=9 innings · IPL 2026

P2Moments

2 claims
IPL 2026 best non-opening partnership
Half-centuries in IPL 2026
2n=9 innings · IPL 2026

P1Match recaps

2 claims
IPL 2026 most-recent fixture appearance
IPL 2026 first appearance

Career snapshot

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

FormatMatInnsRunsAvgSR10050HS
IPL 202699225251510291*
IPL career121121307829.9138.202291

Bowling

FormatMatInnsWktsAvgEconBBI5w
IPL career27271129.48.970
IPL 2026: Computed from CricketStudio aggregation of CricketMind ball-by-ball data, last updated 2026-07-30 07:32:53 UTC
IPL career: CricketStudio aggregation — IPL 2026 ball-by-ball + historical Cricsheet (CC BY 3.0), last updated 2026-07-30 07:32:53 UTC
Sample-size floor: ≥5 matches for IPL 2026 (season complete).

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

SeasonTeamMatRunsHSSRAvg4s6s
2016MI310470140.534.6778
2017MI1233362126.630.272417
2018KKR153045913121.712614
2019KKR1134485146.434.42721
2020/21KKR1435287138.625.144312
2021KKR1638380122.429.463417
2022KKR143615714527.772922
2023KKR1441375141.931.773920
2024KKR24233123.52151
2025RR1121781161.921.7279
CareerKKR, MI, RR112285387137.227.7261141

Bowling by season

SeasonMatWktsEconAvgSR
201610
2018547.14119.3
20196392416
2020/2120
202120
202220
2023638.492517.7
202520
Career26108.442719.2
Window: IPL 20162025 (pre-2026), 112 matches. Sample-size floor: strike rate shown at ≥30 balls faced, economy at ≥15 balls bowled per season (§3.1); sub-floor cells show .
Source: CricketStudio aggregation of Cricsheet ball-by-ball (CC BY 3.0). Canonical↔historical player join via ESPNcricinfo ID (deterministic, no name-matching). See career leaderboards.

Recent form — last 8 innings

P3 · Form
DateMatchRunsBallsSR4s6sDismissalResult
2026-05-08DC vs KKR81080.010caughtL
2026-05-05DC vs CSK1513115.420caughtL
2026-05-01RR vs DC3317194.132caughtW
2026-04-27DC vs RCB1911.100caughtL
2026-04-25DC vs PBKS9144206.8114caughtL
2026-04-21SRH vs DC5730190.073caughtL
2026-04-08DC vs GT5683.310caughtL
2026-04-04DC vs MI030.000runOutW

Best innings — IPL career

By runs scored

Batting positions · IPL 2026

P3
PosInnRunsBallsSRAvg
#3 top order9225149151.025.00

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

Dismissal modes · IPL 2026

P3
8
89%
Caught
1
11%
Run-out

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

Performance vs teams — IPL 2026

≥1 innings vs team
vs TeamInnRunsBallsSRAvg4s6sHS
PBKS19144206.891.011491
SRH15730190.057.07357
RR13317194.133.03233
CSK11513115.415.02015
LSG1151788.215.02115
KKR181080.08.0108
GT15683.35.0105
RCB11911.11.0001
MI1030.00.0000

Runs by venue — IPL career

Venue × seasonFull breakdown →
VenueInnRunsBallsSRAvg4s6sHS
Arun Jaitley Stadium612085141.220.015491
Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium15730190.057.07357
Sawai Mansingh Stadium13317194.133.03233
Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium1151788.215.02115

Head-to-head records

P5 · Opponent series

As batter

vs bowlerBallsRunsSR4s6sOut
Marco Jansen1218150.0300
Xavier Bartlett1244366.7630
Mohammed Shami111090.9110
Yuzvendra Chahal1116145.5010
Dilshan Madushanka910111.1100
Sakib Hussain813162.5300
Josh Hazlewood700.0000

As bowler

vs batterBallsRunsSR concededDotsWkts
Abhishek Sharma1543286.720

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

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 ballsRashid Khan · 87 ballsR Ashwin · 71 ballsRavindra Jadeja · 57 ballsMarco Jansen · 57 ballsMarcus Stoinis · 48 ballsThangarasu Natarajan · 48 ballsBhuvneshwar Kumar · 45 balls
Venues played at
Arun Jaitley Stadium · 6 matchesBharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium · 1 matchRajiv Gandhi International Stadium · 1 matchSawai Mansingh Stadium · 1 match

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Frequently asked

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.
Nitish Rana plays for Delhi Capitals in IPL 2026.
Nitish Rana appeared in 12 IPL 2026 matches (12-fixture sample) for Delhi Capitals, most recently on 2026-05-24.
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.
Nitish Rana scored 225 runs in IPL 2026 (9 innings, avg 25.0).
Nitish Rana scores at 106.0 strike rate in IPL 2026 powerplay (67-ball sample, #42 of 45 qualifying batters).
Nitish Rana's best non-opening IPL 2026 partnership: 216 for the 2nd wicket with Lokesh Rahul vs PBKS on 2026-04-25.
Nitish Rana ranks #9 of 23 CricketStudio-tracked Delhi Capitals squad members by IPL 2026 appearance count (12 matches).
Nitish Rana is Indian, born in Delhi.
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.
Nitish Rana was born on 27 December 1993.
Nitish Rana bats left-handed.

Identity & cross-references