Nitish Rana rejoined Kolkata Knight Riders after the franchise bought the batter for ₹8 crore in the IPL 2022 mega auction. "I'm back where I belong," Rana wrote on Twitter. Rana has played for KKR since IPL 2018 and has scored 1,383 runs for the team in 60 matches. Rana entered the auction at the base price of ₹1 crore.