Nitin Kumar

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| name = Nitin Kumar

| fullname = Nitin Sharda Kumar

| nickname = "The Royal Bengal"

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|11|14|df=yes}}{{cite web|url=https://www.mastercaller.com/players/nitin-kumar |title=Nitin Kumar |publisher=Mastercaller.com |date=1985-11-14 |accessdate=2018-11-05}}

| birth_place = Tamil Nadu, India

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| hometown = Dubai, United Arab Emirates

| since = 1995

| darts = 23g Winmau

| laterality = Right-handed

| music = "Mundian To Bach Ke" by Panjabi MC

| BDO = 2006, 2011–2020

| PDC = 2015, 2018–

| currentrank = {{PDC Rankings|Nitin Kumar}}

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| PDC World = Last 96: 2019, 2020, 2022, 2025

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| PDC Asian Tour | 2023

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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.

Darts career

In 2011, he represented Team India at the 2011 WDF World Cup along with Amit Gilitwala, Sarthak Patel, Chandrika Singh & Phalgun Tiruvasu.

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.

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.

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{{Cite web|url=https://www.pdc.tv/news/2019/09/26/kumar-pratnemer-secure-world-championship-places|title = Kumar & Pratnemer secure World Championship places}} in the final. In 2021, he won the Indian Qualifier for the 2022 PDC World Darts Championship, beating Vikehelie Suohu 6–0{{Cite web|url=https://www.pdc.tv/news/2021/11/09/shibata-kumar-schmutzler-join-list-international-qualifiers|title = Shibata, Kumar, Schmutzler join list of International Qualifiers}} in the final to secure a third appearance in four years.

In 2025, he once again won the Indian Qualifier for the 2025 PDC World Darts Championship, getting drawn against Martin Lukeman. During the match, he was finally able to win his first set ever in the Worlds. However, he went on to lose nevertheless against Lukeman with a score 3-1.

World Championship results

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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)

Performance timeline

PDC

Tournament	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
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colspan="21" align="left" \|Non-major televised events
style="background:#efefef;" \| PDC World Cup of Darts \| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"\|1R \| colspan="9" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"\|DNP \|
colspan="13" align="left" \|Career statistics
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style="text-align:center;"\|124 \| style="text-align:center;"
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