Nitin Kumar
| Nitin Kumar | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||||
| Full name | Nitin Sharda Kumar | ||||
| Nickname | "The Royal Bengal" | ||||
| Born | 14 November 1985[1] Chennai, India[2] | ||||
| Home town | Coimbatore, India Dubai, United Arab Emirates | ||||
| Darts information | |||||
| Playing darts since | 1995 | ||||
| Darts | 23g Winmau Signature | ||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||
| Walk-on music | "Mundian To Bach Ke" by Panjabi MC | ||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||
| BDO | 2006, 2011–2020 | ||||
| PDC | 2015, 2018– | ||||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||||
| World Championship | Last 64: 2026 | ||||
| Other tournament wins | |||||
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Nitin Sharda Kumar (born 14 November 1985) is an Indian professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He became the first Indian player to win a match at a darts world championship at the 2026 PDC edition, beating Richard Veenstra on 14 December 2025.[3][4]
Darts career
In 2011, he represented Team India at the 2011 WDF World Cup along with Amit Gilitwala, Sarthak Patel, Chandrika Singh and Phalgun Tiruvasu.[5]
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.[5]
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.[5]
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[6] in the final.
In 2021, he won the Indian Qualifier for the 2022 PDC World Darts Championship, beating Vikehelie Suohu 6–0[7] in the final to secure a third appearance in four years.
In 2024, he once again won the Indian Qualifier for the 2025 PDC World Darts Championship. He was able to win his first set at a PDC World Championship, but lost to Martin Lukeman 3–1.[8]
World Championship results
PDC
- 2019: First round (lost to Jeffrey de Zwaan 0–3)
- 2020: First round (lost to Brendan Dolan 0–3)
- 2022: First round (lost to Ricky Evans 0–3)
- 2025: First round (lost to Martin Lukeman 1–3)
- 2026: Second round (lost to Stephen Bunting 0–3)
Performance timeline
PDC
| Tournament | 2015 | 2016–2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023–2024 | 2025 | 2026 | ||||
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| PDC Ranked televised events | |||||||||||||
| PDC World Championship | DNP | 1R | 1R | DNP | 1R | DNP | 1R | 2R | |||||
| PDC Non-ranked televised events | |||||||||||||
| PDC World Cup of Darts | 1R | DNP | RR | ||||||||||
| Performance Table Legend | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Won the tournament | F | Finalist | SF | Semifinalist | QF | Quarterfinalist | #R RR Prel. |
Lost in # round Round-robin Preliminary round |
DQ | Disqualified |
| DNQ | Did not qualify | DNP | Did not participate | WD | Withdrew | NH | Tournament not held | NYF | Not yet founded | ||
References
- ^ "Nitin Kumar". Mastercaller. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
- ^ "Nitin Kumar PDPA Profile". Professional Darts Players Association. Retrieved 14 December 2025.
- ^ "World Darts Championship 2026: Stephen Bunting sets up match with India's Nitin Kumar". BBC Sport. 14 December 2025. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
- ^ "Cullen cruises through as Kumar makes history on day four at PDC World Championship | Flashscore.com". www.flashscore.com. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
- ^ a b c "Who is Nitin Kumar? The Indian darts sensation making history at Ally Pally". aol. 20 December 2025. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
- ^ "Kumar & Pratnemer secure World Championship places". Archived from the original on 20 October 2019.
- ^ "Shibata, Kumar, Schmutzler join list of International Qualifiers". Archived from the original on 9 November 2021.
- ^ "Nitin Kumar secures PDC World Darts Championship return after nerve-wracking Indian qualifier". Dartsnews.com. 6 October 2025. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
External links
- www.trbdarts.in - player website
- Player profile for Nitin Kumar from Dartsdatabase