Nitesh Kumar
Indian defender with 422 tackle points across eight Pro Kabaddi League seasons for UP Yoddhas and Bengal Warriorz.
- Team (Season 12)
- Bengal Warriorz
- Position
- Defender
- Nationality
- India
- Born
- 12 August 1997
- Height
- 5 ft 8 in
- Jersey
- #2
PKL career
Season by season
| Season | Team | Matches | Points | Raid | Tackle | Super 10s | High 5s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | Bengal Warriorz | 11 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Bengal Warriorz | 21 | 61 | 2 | 59 | 0 | 5 |
| 10 | UP Yoddhas | 16 | 38 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | UP Yoddhas | 22 | 34 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | UP Yoddhas | 24 | 58 | 1 | 57 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | UP Yoddhas | 23 | 76 | 1 | 75 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | UP Yoddhas | 25 | 101 | 1 | 100 | 0 | 8 |
| 5 | UP Yoddhas | 19 | 47 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 4 |
Nitesh Kumar is an Indian defender who has been a regular in the Pro Kabaddi League since Season 5. Born on 12 August 1997 and standing 5 ft 8 in, he has played 161 PKL matches across eight seasons and scored 428 points. Of those, 422 have come from tackles and only 6 from raids, which shows where his value to a side lies. He has 29 High 5s to his name in the league.
PKL career with UP Yoddhas
Nitesh spent six seasons with UP Yoddhas, starting in Season 5, when he scored 47 points from 19 matches, all of them tackle points, along with 4 High 5s.
Season 6 was the standout campaign of his career on the numbers. He played 25 matches and finished with 101 points, 100 of them from tackles, and collected 8 High 5s, the most points and High 5s he has managed in any single season.
He followed that with 76 points (75 tackle) and 6 High 5s from 23 matches in Season 7. In Season 8 he played 24 matches for 58 points (57 tackle) and 2 High 5s. Season 9 brought 34 tackle points from 22 matches, and in Season 10, his last with the Yoddhas, he scored 38 points (37 tackle) from 16 matches with 3 High 5s.
Bengal Warriorz
Nitesh moved to Bengal Warriorz for Season 11 and had a productive first year there. He played 21 matches and scored 61 points, 59 from tackles and 2 from raids, with 5 High 5s.
Season 12
He stayed with Bengal Warriorz for Season 12 in 2025. He featured in 11 matches and scored 13 points, all from tackles, with 1 High 5. His tackle strike rate for the season was 27%.
At a glance
- Position: Defender
- PKL teams: UP Yoddhas, Bengal Warriorz
- PKL career: 8 seasons, 161 matches, 428 points
- Tackle points: 422
- High 5s: 29
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