Nitin Kumar

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.

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.

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 the final.

In 2021, he won the Indian Qualifier for the 2022 PDC World Darts Championship, beating Vikehelie Suohu 6–0 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.

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