| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nitish Roenik Kumar | |||
| Born | 21 May 1994 Scarborough, Ontario, Canada |
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| 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]
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