IPL Mega Auction: Rajasthan gave full amount of money to Govinda’s ‘son-in-law’, he has been the captain of Shahrukh Khan’s team – ipl 2025 mega auction nitish rana team price salary stats all you need to know

Jeddah: In the mega auction held for the Indian Premier League 2025, Rajasthan Royals team has bought Nitish Rana for Rs 4.2 crore. Chennai Super Kings had also tried their best to buy Nitish Rana, who plays domestic cricket for Uttar Pradesh, but the Rajasthan Royals team won the match. Surprisingly, his previous franchise Kolkata Knight Riders did not make a single bid for Nitish Rana.

Let us tell you that Nitish Rana has captained KKR. After Shreyas Iyer’s injury, Nitish Rana took charge of the team, but unfortunately KKR did not show interest in him in the mega auction. In such a situation, Nitish Rana will now show his magic in IPL for Rajasthan Royals. Nitish Rana is a middle order batting player as well as a part time spinner.

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Nitish Rana seems to be Govinda’s son-in-law in the relationship.

Let us tell you that Nitish Rana seems to be the son-in-law of Bollywood actor Govinda. In fact, Nitish told Govinda’s nephew Krishna Abhishek on a TV show that Nitish Rana’s wife Sanchi Marwah is his cousin. In this situation, Nitish Rana became his brother-in-law. Being the husband of Govinda’s niece Sanchi Marwah, Nitish Rana became his son-in-law.

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Got recognition from Mumbai Indians

Let us tell you that Nitish Rana made his IPL debut for Mumbai Indians in the year 2016. In the 2017 season, Mumbai gave him continuous opportunities and in the middle order, Nitish scored 333 runs in 12 innings. This also included many match-winning innings. KKR bought him for Rs 3.4 crore in the IPL 2018 auction. KKR spent Rs 8 crore to buy him in the 2022 auction, but for IPL 2025, KKR did not bid on Nitish.