KKR's Rinku Singh and Nitish Rana at the nets in Mohali on Thursday ahead of their first IPL match on April 1 against Punjab Kings. The Indian Premier League, 2023 begins on March 31. KKR appointed Nitish Rana as their captain following Shreyas Iyer’s injury. Nitish Rana has been with the franchise since 2018 and has led his state team Delhi in a dozen T20s at the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy winning eight and has also scored 1,774 runs from a total of 74 matches at a strike rate of 135.61 for Kolkata Knight Riders. Two times IPL Trophy winners KKR ended the last season in 7th position
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