Iyer is prone to go through again surgical procedure and his go back is anticipated in the course of the event.
“…Nitish Rana would captain the side in the absence of Shreyas Iyer, who is recovering from a back injury. While we are hopeful that Shreyas will recover and participate at some stage in the IPL 2023 edition, we feel fortunate that Nitish, with the captaincy experience having led his state side in white-ball cricket and the IPL experience he has had with KKR since 2018, will do a great job,”KKR stated in a remark.
“We are also confident that under head coach Chandrakant Pandit and the support staff, he will get all the support needed off the field, and the highly experienced leaders in the squad will provide all the support that Nitish may need on the field. We wish him the best in his new role and Shreyas a full and speedy recovery,” it additional said.
While Rana has captained Delhi within the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, the consequences had been a long way from encouraging for the southpaw. It is known that he can be requested to put in force the tactic ready by means of trainer Pandit, who together with group boss Venky Mysore and previous Mumbai Ranji stalwart Abhishek Nayar can be calling the pictures.
It could also be famous that Rana used to be dropped by means of Delhi on this season’s Ranji Trophy squad because of his deficient display and inept methodology in red-ball cricket.
Rana has captained Delhi in 12 T20s within the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, with 8 wins and 4 defeats.
The 29-year outdated middle-order batsman used to be purchased by means of KKR forward of the 2018 season and has been retained by means of the franchise ever since.
Rana performed 74 suits for KKR, scoring 1744 runs at a strike price of 135.61.
KKR will open their marketing campaign towards Punjab Kings at Mohali on April 1.
(With PTI inputs)