Nitin Kumar
Nitin Kumar (born 14 November 1985) is an former Indian professional darts player. Who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events.
| Nitin Kumar | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Nickname | The Royal Bengal |
| Born | November 14, 1985[1] Tamil Nadu, India |
| Home town | Dubai United Arabic Emirates |
| Darts information | |
| Playing darts since | 2003 |
| Darts | target Phil Taylor 9zero |
| Laterality | Right-handed |
| Walk-on music | "Centuries" by Fall Out Boy |
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |
| BDO | 2006, 2011-2020 |
| PDC | 2015, 2018–2020 |
| Current world ranking | 136 |
| PDC premier events – best performances | |
| World Ch'ship | Last 96: 2019, 2020 |
| Other tournament wins | |
Career
In 2015, he represented India at the 2015 PDC World Cup of Darts along with Ashfaque Sayed, where they lost 5–0 in the first round to the German pair of Jyhan Artut and Max Hopp.
In 2018, he won the Indian Qualifier for the 2019 PDC World Darts Championship, beating Ankit Goenka 5-0 in the final. In his First Round match with Jeffrey de Zwaan he could win three legs before losing 3-0. In 2019, he won the Indian Qualifier for the 2020 PDC World Darts Championship, beating Ravi Bhat 6-1[2] in the final.
Kumar Quit of the PDC in 2020.
World Championship results
PDC
- 2019: First round (lost to Jeffrey de Zwaan 0–3)
- 2020: First round (lost to Brendan Dolan 0-3) with an average of 90.17
Performance timeline
PDC
| Tournament | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PDC World Championship | DNP | 1R | 1R | |||||||||||||||||
| Non-major televised events | ||||||||||||||||||||
| PDC World Cup of Darts | 1R | DNP | ||||||||||||||||||
| Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Year-end ranking | - | - | - | 152 | 143 | |||||||||||||||
| Performance timeline legend | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DNP | Did not play in the event | #R | lost in the early rounds of the tournament (RR = Round robin) |
QF | lost in the quarter-finals |
| SF | lost in the semi-finals | F | lost in the final | W | won the tournament |
References
- "Nitin Kumar". Mastercaller.com. 1985-11-14. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
- https://www.pdc.tv/news/2019/09/26/kumar-pratnemer-secure-world-championship-places
External links
- www.trbdarts.in - Player Website
- Player profile on Nitin Kumar from Dartsdatabase
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