Nitin Kumar

Nitin Kumar (born 14 November 1985) is an Indian professional darts player, who competed in Professional Darts Corporation events.

Nitin Kumar
Personal information
NicknameThe Royal Bengal
Born (1985-11-14) 14 November 1985[1]
Tamil Nadu, India
Home townCoimbatore, India
Darts information
Playing darts since2003
Darts23g Winmau Nitin Kumar
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"Best of You" by Foo Fighters
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO2006, 2011–2020
PDC2015, 2018–
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'shipLast 96: 2019, 2020, 2022
Other tournament wins
PDC Asian Tour 2023

Darts career

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 Belgium 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.

World Championship results

PDC

Performance timeline

PDC

Tournament20152016201720182019202020212022
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
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

References
  1. "Nitin Kumar". Mastercaller.com. 14 November 1985. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  2. "Kumar & Pratnemer secure World Championship places".
  3. "Shibata, Kumar, Schmutzler join list of International Qualifiers".


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