Nitin Kumar

Nitin Kumar
Nitin Kumar
Personal information
Nickname	The Royal Bengal
Born	14 November 1985 (age 38); Tamil Nadu, India
Home town	Coimbatore, India
Darts information
Playing darts since	2003
Darts	26g Target Phil Taylor 9Zero
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"Centuries" by Fall Out Boy
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 competed in Professional Darts Corporation events.

Darts career[edit]

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[edit]

PDC[edit]

2019: First round (lost to Jeffrey de Zwaan 0–3)
2020: First round (lost to Brendan Dolan 0–3)
2022:

Performance timeline[edit]

PDC

Tournament	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
PDC World Championship	DNP				1R	1R
Non-major televised events
PDC World Cup of Darts	1R	DNP
Career statistics
Year-end ranking	-	-	-	152	143

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[edit]

↑ "Nitin Kumar". Mastercaller.com. 1985-11-14. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
↑ "Kumar & Pratnemer secure World Championship places".
↑ "Shibata, Kumar, Schmutzler join list of International Qualifiers".

External links[edit]

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[1] "Nitin Kumar". Mastercaller.com. 1985-11-14. Retrieved 2018-11-05.

[2] "Kumar & Pratnemer secure World Championship places".

[3] "Shibata, Kumar, Schmutzler join list of International Qualifiers".

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