Nitin Saini
Nitin Saini (born 28 October 1988) is a cricketer who plays for Haryana in Indian domestic cricket. He has also played for the Indian Premier League franchise team Kings XI Punjab. Saini is a right-hand wicket-keeper batsman who usually opens the batting.[1]
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| Full name | Nitin Saini | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 October 1988 Rohtak, Haryana, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006/07–present | Haryana | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Kings XI Punjab | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career
Saini made his first-class cricket debut for Haryana at the age of 18 against Saurashtra during the 2006/07 season of the Ranji Trophy. He earned a permanent spot for his state side with impressive performances in all three formats of the game. In the 2011/12 season he scored 631 runs in eight matches at a batting average of 40, scoring five fifties and a hundred.[2] Soon after he signed a contract with Kings XI Punjab to play in the 2012 Indian Premier League, only playing for the side in the one season.[3]
Saini scored over 900 runs in the 2016/17 Ranji Trophy, one of the highest aggregates in the trophy's history.[2]
References
- Srinivasan K (2016) Nitin Saini ensures draw for Haryana, The Hindu, 2016-11-08. Retrieved 2018-04-03.
- Panwar D (2016) I saw death right at my doorstep during Jat reservation agitation: Haryana opener Nitin Saini, The Indian Express, 2016-12-25. Retrieved 2018-04-03.
- Nitin Saini, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-04-03.