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]

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

  1. ^ Srinivasan K (2016) Nitin Saini ensures draw for Haryana, The Hindu, 8 November 2016. Retrieved 2018-04-03.
  2. ^ a b Panwar D (2016) I saw death right at my doorstep during Jat reservation agitation: Haryana opener Nitin Saini, The Indian Express, 25 December 2016. Retrieved 2018-04-03.
  3. ^ Nitin Saini, CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitin_Saini
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