Nikhil Naik Age, Caste, Family, Biography & More

Bio/Wiki
Real Name	Nikhil Naik
Full Name	Nikhil Shankar Naik
Profession	Cricketer (Batsman/Wicket-keeper)
Famous For	He is famous for his explosive innings. He hit the headlines after smashing 95 off 58 balls to take Maharashtra to the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 trophy final earlier in March 2019.
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)	in centimeters-172 cm in meters-1.72 m in feet inches- 5’ 7”
Weight (approx.)	in kilograms-80 kg in pounds-177 lbs
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	Black
Cricket
Jersey Number	72 & 16 in Kings XI Punjab team, 2015 IPL 7 in Kolkata Knight Riders team, 2019 IPL
Domestic/State Team	Maharashtra
Batting Style	Right handed batsman
Bowling Style	Right Arm Off break
Favourite Player	Virender Sehwag
Records (main ones)	During a match in the 2019 season of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, he smashed five sixes in an over against Railways cricket team at the Holkar Stadium.
Career Turning Point	His debut match on 23 April 2006 when he played from Kings XI Punjab against Sunrisers at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad
Personal Life
Date of Birth	9 November 1994
Age (as in 2018)	24 Years
Birthplace	Sawantwadi, Maharashtra, India
Hometown	Sawantwadi
Zodiac sign	Scorpio
Nationality	Indian
School	Not Known
College/University	Not Known
Educational Qualifications	Not Known
Religion	Hinduism
Caste	Saraswat Brahman [1]WIKIPEDIA
Food Habit	Non Vegetarian
Hobbies	Traveling, Watching Movies.
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Unmarried
Family
Parents	Father- Shankar Naik (Fish Merchant) Mother- Name not known
Style Quotient
Cars Collection	Maruti Suzuki Vitara Brezza

Some Lesser Known Facts About Nikhil Naik

• He loves Punjabi songs and loves to dance on Punjabi songs despite being a Marathi and not knowing about the Punjabi language,

• His Kolkata Knight Riders team-mates fondly call him the ‘Indian Russell’.

• Naik had a rough time to get to the top flight of cricket. He lost his mother to paralysis in 2010 and his father, a fish merchant, had a tough time arranging money to pay for his cricket kit.

• Before getting picked by the Kolkata Knight Riders team at his base price of Rs 20 lakh in 2018, Naik was part of the Kings XI Punjab from 2015-2018. He only appeared in a couple of games in 2016, scoring 27 runs in two innings.

• He made his first-class debut for Maharashtra in the Ranji Trophy on 7 January 2019.

• He made his List-A debut for Maharashtra against Gujarat, in the 2014 Vijay Hazare Trophy. He scored 234 runs in 4 matches.

•  Nikhil Naik from the very beginning was an adept wicketkeeper. His wicket-keeping skills soon got him noticed and he was drafted into the Maharashtra under-15 cricket team, aged just 12.

• He has appeared for all of Maharashtra’s age-group sides and while being captain of the under-16 and under-19 teams, he led them to win national titles. ^[2]INDIAN EXPRESS

• While he was adept at wicket-keeping, he desperately struggled at batting and hitting fours or sixes. In a bid to improve his batting skills, he lost weight and he noticed that his batting improved and he started hitting long shots effortlessly. ^[3]INDIAN EXPRESS

• Before he started playing cricket, he was an affluent tennis player and was a force on the tennis-ball circuit in Konkan. The way he hit the ball on tennis court led to his father enrolling him in Sawantwadi’s only cricket academy that was in operation at the small town’s sole ground.