In season 6, he became the first player in the league history to score 100 tackle points in a single campaign.

[2] Nitesh made his debut for UP Yoddha’s against the Telugu Titans in Hyderabad in season 5 and scored five tackle points in his team’s 31-18 victory.

Nitish scored 20 tackle points in Yoddha’s first seven matches with the team managing three wins through that spell.

[6] The next nine games yielded no wins for the Yoddha, but Nitesh scored 40 tackle points over that period.

[7] He scored three more tackle points in his team’s 45-33 victory over Dabang Delhi in the next eliminator match.