I myself had expressed my desire to become captain: Nitish Rana

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New Delhi. Indian batsman Nitish Rana said that in his efforts to captain Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2023, he had to answer many questions asked by the team management.

Rana told Geo Cinema, “I had become a senior member of the team in the last 3-4 years. During this period, I got the captaincy role. It was initiated by Brendon McCullum. He always taught me to think like a captain. “

Nitish Rana said, “He said that it is not important that you will control the game, it is not important that I will listen to what you say. But you have to keep your mind active about what captaincy is. That impressed me a lot.” got help.”

Rana eventually captained KKR in that season in the absence of Shreyas Iyer, where the team finished seventh in the points table. This was the first time that Rana captained an IPL team after leading his former home team Delhi in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. For IPL 2024, Rana will be Iyer’s vice-captain, who will return to lead the two-time championship-winning team.

Talking about his mindset after becoming the captain, the left-handed batsman said, “Ever since I was a child, I have seen Gautam Gambhir bhaiya as the captain. I have seen many big players captaining different teams. I have observed every little thing about these players. I have always kept my eyes and ears open.”

–IANS

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