Nitin Saini

Nitin Saini (born 28 October 1988) is a cricketer who plays for Haryana in Indian domestic cricket. He has also played for the Indian Premier League franchise team Kings XI Punjab. Saini is a right-hand wicket-keeper batsman who usually opens the batting.^[1]

Nitin Saini

Personal information
Full name	Nitin Saini
Born	(1988-10-28) 28 October 1988 (age 36) Rohtak, Haryana, India
Batting	Right-handed
Role	Wicket-keeper
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2006/07–present	Haryana
2012	Kings XI Punjab
Career statistics
Competition FC List A T20 Matches 79 53 50 Runs scored 4,724 1,258 754 Batting average 36.33 26.76 17.95 100s/50s 13/21 1/6 0/3 Top score 227 105 74* Balls bowled 266 18 – Wickets 6 0 – Bowling average 26.16 – – 5 wickets in innings 0 – – 10 wickets in match 0 – – Best bowling 2/28 – – Catches/stumpings 201/20 57/10 39/15
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 3 April 2018

Career

Saini made his first-class cricket debut for Haryana at the age of 18 against Saurashtra during the 2006/07 season of the Ranji Trophy. He earned a permanent spot for his state side with impressive performances in all three formats of the game. In the 2011/12 season he scored 631 runs in eight matches at a batting average of 40, scoring five fifties and a hundred.^[2] Soon after he signed a contract with Kings XI Punjab to play in the 2012 Indian Premier League, only playing for the side in the one season.^[3]

Saini scored over 900 runs in the 2016/17 Ranji Trophy, one of the highest aggregates in the trophy's history.^[2]