Nitish Kumar (cricketer)

Nitish Roenik Kumar
Personal information
Full name Nitish Roenik Kumar
Born 21 May 1994 (1994-05-21) (age 17)
Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm off break
Role Batsman
International information
National side Canada
ODI debut (cap 69) 18 February 2010 v Afghanistan
Last ODI 20 September 2011 v Ireland
Career statistics
Competition ODI FC LA T20
Matches 10 5 10 2
Runs scored 135 163 135 3
Batting average 15.00 18.11 15.00 1.50
100s/50s –/– –/1 –/– –/–
Top score 38 74 38 3
Balls bowled 142
Wickets 3
Bowling average 37.00
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling 3/58
Catches/stumpings 5/– 3/– 5/– 0/–
Source: CricketArchive, 20 September 2011

Nitish Roenik Kumar (born 21 May 1994) is a Canadian cricketer who made his One Day International debut in February 2010 against Afghanistan, becoming the second youngest ODI player. In January 2010, Kumar represented Canada in the 2010 Under-19 World Cup hosted by New Zealand. The team finished in 11th place out of 16 teams.[1] Canada qualified for the 2011 World Cup held between February and April in Bangladesh, India, and Sri Lanka. The 15-man squad included five players under the age of 21 (including Kumar), all of whom had played in the U19 World Cup the previous year.[2] He became the youngest player to make a debut in World Cup cricket, when he played against Zimbabwe on 28 February 2011 at Nagpur, India. He was 16 years and 283 days old on that day.[3][4] As expected Canada failed to progress beyond the group stages of the tournament, but secured a victory against Kenya, the only other non-Test team in their group.[5] In July Ireland hosted the 2011 Under-19 World Cup Qualifier. Canada finished 8th out of ten teams, thereby failing to qualify for the tournament the following year.[6][7] Kumar was Canada's leading run-scorer in the qualifying tournament, and 4th overall with 370 runs including two centuries from nine matches.[8] His off-breaks also claimed eight scalps at an average of 22.87, making him Canada's 4th-highest wicket taker.[9]

References

  1. ^ Bangladesh take Plate championship, ESPNcricinfo, 28 January 2010, http://www.espncricinfo.com/u19wc2010/content/story/446043.html, retrieved 2011-09-20 
  2. ^ Ali, Umar (11 February 2011), Canada youngsters eager to perform, ESPNcricinfo, http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc_cricket_worldcup2011/content/story/500432.html, retrieved 2011-09-20 
  3. ^ "Cricket World Cup: Zimbabwe thrash Canada in Nagpur". BBC Sport. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/9409370.stm. Retrieved 2010-03-07. 
  4. ^ "Canada's Nitish Kumar youngest to play at WC". rediff.com. http://www.rediff.com/cricket/report/world-cup-2011-nitish-becomes-youngest-ever-player-to-appear-at-wc/20110228.htm. Retrieved 2010-03-07. 
  5. ^ Veera, Sriram (22 March 2011), Multicultural hopes and dreams, ESPNcricinfo, http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc_cricket_worldcup2011/content/story/507470.html, retrieved 2011-09-20 
  6. ^ CC Under-19 World Cup Qualifier 2011, ESPNcricinfo, http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/series/521733.html, retrieved 2011-09-20 
  7. ^ Queensland to host Under-19 World Cup in 2012, ESPNcricinfo, 10 August 2011, http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-under19-world-cup-2012/content/story/526795.html, retrieved 2011-09-20 
  8. ^ Records / ICC Under-19 World Cup Qualifier, 2011 / Most runs, ESPNcricinfo, http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=6686;type=tournament, retrieved 2011-09-20 
  9. ^ Records / ICC Under-19 World Cup Qualifier, 2011 / Most wickets, ESPNcricinfo, http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=6686;type=tournament, retrieved 2011-09-20 

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