Nitin Saini

Nitin Saini has been retained by Kings XI Punjab to participate in the IPL 2012. He is a wicketkeeper and bats right handedly. Haryana is the other team that he represents.

Nitin Saini played his first First-Class match against Saurashtra at Rajkot (Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground) from 2nd to 5th January 2007. In the 1st innings, Saini was the opening batsman. He faced 108 deliveries and scored 35 runs inclusive of 4 fours. In the 2nd innings, he hit 3 boundaries in 97 deliveries to collect 27 runs. He bowled 7.1 overs, out of which 2 were maiden, conceded 28 runs and took 2 wickets. This match was won by Saurashtra by 7 wickets. Saini debuted in List A cricket on 1st March 2008 at Delhi (Palam A Ground) and the opponent team was Services. He scored 4 runs in 10 balls at the No. 3 batting spot. He stumped one batsman and took 2 catches. Haryana won this match by 36 runs.

=== Career Highlights ===

Nitin Saini has participated in 29 first class matches and in these has gathered 1744 runs with 150 as his highest score. His batting average was 34.19 and batting strike rate was 45.89. He hit 221 fours and 3 centuries, taking 73 catches.