IPL franchize, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) has officially announced that Nitish Rana will lead the side in the IPL 2023 edition by replacing injured Shreyas, who is recovering from a back injury.
Iyer suffered a back injury on international duty, that ruled him out of the final days of action in Border Gavaskar Trophy. He didn't bat in the Ahmedabad Test and subsequently missed the One Day International series as well.
Shreyas Iyer joined the KKR franchise in IPL 2022, had led the team well, despite their seventh-place finish with 6 wins and 8 losses in the tournament.
Rana has led his state team Delhi in 12 T20s in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, with eight wins and four defeats.
Previously, he was bought by KKR ahead of the 2018 season and has played 74 matches for them, scoring 1744 runs at a strike rate of 135.61.
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