Nikhil Naik | |
Country: | India |
Fullname: | Nikhil Shankar Naik |
Birth Date: | 9 November 1994 |
Birth Place: | Sawantwadi, Maharashtra, India |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Role: | Wicket-keeper |
Club1: | Maharashtra |
Year1: | 2013–present |
Club2: | Kings XI Punjab |
Year2: | 2016 |
Club3: | Kolkata Knight Riders |
Year3: | 2019–2020 |
Columns: | 3 |
Hidedeliveries: | true |
Column1: | FC |
Matches1: | 5 |
Runs1: | 133 |
Bat Avg1: | 22.16 |
100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
Top Score1: | 48 |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 14/4 |
Column2: | LA |
Matches2: | 37 |
Runs2: | 968 |
Bat Avg2: | 37.23 |
100S/50S2: | 0/7 |
Top Score2: | 82 |
Catches/Stumpings2: | 36/6 |
Column3: | T20 |
Matches3: | 61 |
Runs3: | 970 |
Bat Avg3: | 27.71 |
100S/50S3: | 0/6 |
Top Score3: | 95 |
Catches/Stumpings3: | 34/9 |
Date: | 27 May |
Year: | 2024 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/554700.html ESPNcricinfo |
Nikhil Shankar Naik (born 9 November 1994) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Maharashtra cricket team. He is a right-handed batsman and occasional wicket-keeper. He made his List A debut on 27 February 2014, for Maharashtra in the 2013–14 Vijay Hazare Trophy.[1] In 2015, he was signed up by the Indian Premier League franchise Kings XI Punjab for Rs. 30 lakh.[2]
In December 2018, he was bought by the Kolkata Knight Riders in the player auction for the 2019 Indian Premier League.[3] [4] He made his first-class debut for Maharashtra in the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy on 7 January 2019.[5] During a match in the 2019 season of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, he smashed five sixes in an over against Railways at the Holkar Stadium.[6] He was released by the Kolkata Knight Riders ahead of the 2020 IPL auction.[7] In the 2020 IPL auction, he was bought by the Kolkata Knight Riders ahead of the 2020 Indian Premier League.[8]