Nikhil Shankar Naik (born 9 November 1994) is an Indian
cricket
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er who plays for
Maharashtra cricket team. He is a right-handed batsman and occasional
wicket-keeper. He made his
List A
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debut on 27 February 2014, for Maharashtra in the
2013–14 Vijay Hazare Trophy
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Gr ...
.
In 2015, he was signed up by the
Indian Premier League franchise
Kings XI Punjab for Rs. 30 lakh.
In December 2018, he was bought by the
Kolkata Knight Riders in the
player auction for the
2019 Indian Premier League
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. He made his
first-class debut for Maharashtra in the
2018–19 Ranji Trophy
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on 7 January 2019.
During a match in the 2019 season of the
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, he smashed five sixes in an over against
Railways
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at the
Holkar Stadium. He was released by the Kolkata Knight Riders ahead of the
2020 IPL auction. In the
2020 IPL auction, he was bought by the
Kolkata Knight Riders ahead of the
2020 Indian Premier League
The 2020 Indian Premier League, also known as IPL 13 and branded as Dream11 Indian Premier League 2020, was the thirteenth season of the IPL, a professional Twenty20 cricket (T20) league established by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (B ...
.
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1994 births
Living people
Indian cricketers
Maharashtra cricketers
Punjab Kings cricketers
Kolkata Knight Riders cricketers
People from Sindhudurg district
Cricketers from Maharashtra
Wicket-keepers
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