Nikhil Naik Age, Caste, Family, Biography & More 2024

Some Lesser Known Facts About Nikhil Naik

• He loves Punjabi songs and loves to bop on Punjabi songs regardless of being a Marathi and never figuring out in regards to the Punjabi language,

• His Kolkata Knight Riders team-mates fondly name him the ‘Indian Russell’.

• Naik had a tough time to get to the highest flight of cricket. He misplaced his mom to paralysis in 2010 and his father, a fish service provider, had a troublesome time arranging cash to pay for his cricket equipment.

• Before getting picked by the Kolkata Knight Riders workforce at his base value of Rs 20 lakh in 2018, Naik was a part of the Kings XI Punjab from 2015-2018. He solely appeared in a few video games in 2016, scoring 27 runs in two innings.

• He made his first-class debut for Maharashtra within the Ranji Trophy on 7 January 2019.

• He made his List-A debut for Maharashtra in opposition to Gujarat, within the 2014 Vijay Hazare Trophy. He scored 234 runs in 4 matches.

•  Nikhil Naik from the very starting was an adept wicketkeeper. His wicket-keeping abilities quickly acquired him seen and he was drafted into the Maharashtra under-15 cricket workforce, aged simply 12.

• He has appeared for all of Maharashtra’s age-group sides and whereas being captain of the under-16 and under-19 groups, he led them to win nationwide titles.

• While he was adept at wicket-keeping, he desperately struggled at batting and hitting fours or sixes. In a bid to enhance his batting abilities, he misplaced weight and he seen that his batting improved and he began hitting lengthy photographs effortlessly. 

• Before he began enjoying cricket, he was an prosperous tennis participant and was a drive on the tennis-ball circuit in Konkan. The means he hit the ball on tennis courtroom led to his father enrolling him in Sawantwadi’s solely cricket academy that was in operation on the small city’s sole floor.