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Nitin Kumar | |||
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Personal information | |||
Nickname | "The Royal Bengal" | ||
Born | [1] 14 November 1985 Tamil Nadu, India | ||
Home town | Dubai, UAE | ||
Darts information | |||
Playing darts since | 2003 | ||
Darts | 23g Winmau Nitin Kumar | ||
Laterality | Right-handed | ||
Walk-on music | "Best of You" by Foo Fighters | ||
Organisation (see split in darts) | |||
BDO | 2006, 2011–2020 | ||
PDC | 2015, 2018– | ||
PDC premier events – best performances | |||
World Ch'ship | Last 96: 2019, 2020, 2022 | ||
Other tournament wins | |||
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Nitin Kumar (born 14 November 1985) is an Indian professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
In 2011, he represented Team India at the 2011 WDF World Cup along with Amit Gilitwala, Sarthak Patel, Chandrika Singh & Phalgun Tiruvasu.
In 2014, he represented India at the 2014 PDC World Cup of Darts along with Amit Gilitwala, where they lost 5–0 in the first round to the Belgian pair of Kim Huybrechts and Ronny Huybrechts.
In 2015, he represented India at the 2015 PDC World Cup of Darts along with Ashfaque Sayed, where they lost 5–0 in the first round to the German pair of Jyhan Artut and Max Hopp.
In 2018, he won the Indian Qualifier for the 2019 PDC World Darts Championship, beating Ankit Goenka 5-0 in the final. In his First Round match with Jeffrey de Zwaan he could win three legs before losing 3-0. In 2019, he won the Indian Qualifier for the 2020 PDC World Darts Championship, beating Ravi Bhat 6-1 [2] in the final. In 2021, he won the Indian Qualifier for the 2022 PDC World Darts Championship, beating Vikehelie Suohu 6-0 [3] in the final to secure a third appearance in four years.
PDC
Tournament | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | ||||||||||||
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PDC World Championship | DNP | 1R | 1R | DNP | 1R | |||||||||||||||
Non-major televised events | ||||||||||||||||||||
PDC World Cup of Darts | 1R | DNP | ||||||||||||||||||
Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Year-end ranking | - | - | - | 152 | 143 | - | 124 | - |
Performance timeline legend | |||||
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DNP | Did not play in the event | #R | lost in the early rounds of the tournament (RR = Round robin) | QF | lost in the quarter-finals |
SF | lost in the semi-finals | F | lost in the final | W | won the tournament |
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