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 

External links

• Cricinfo