Nitin Kumar
Indian darts player (born 1985)
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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]
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
| Nitin Kumar | |||||
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| 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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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
| Performance Table Legend | |||||||||||
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| 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 | ||
