Nitin Kumar will replace Paolo Nebrida in the field for the 2026 Riyadh Season Darts Masters following Nebrida's withdrawal from the event due to illness.
Kumar, who made history as the first Indian player to taste victory on the Alexandra Palace stage at the 2025/26 World Darts Championship, comes into the 16-player field as one of eight Asian Representatives.
The inaugural staging of the Riyadh Season Saudi Arabia Darts Masters takes place from January 19-20, as darts visits the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the first time.
The two-day event will see eight PDC superstars pitted against eight Asian Tour representatives, as the sport’s biggest names go head-to-head for televised silverware in Saudi Arabia.
Round one will be held on Monday January 19, before the remaining eight players go head-to-head on Tuesday January 20, featuring the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final in one blockbuster session.
2026 Riyadh Season Saudi Arabia Darts Masters
January 19-20, Global Theater, Riyadh
Competing Players
PDC Representatives
Luke Littler (England)
Luke Humphries (England)
Gian van Veen (Netherlands)
Michael van Gerwen (Netherlands)
Stephen Bunting (England)
Danny Noppert (Netherlands)
Gerwyn Price (Wales)
Nathan Aspinall (England)
Asian Representatives
Alexis Toylo (Philippines)
Lourence Ilagan (Philippines)
Motomu Sakai (Japan)
Ryusei Azemoto (Japan)
Paul Lim (Singapore)
Man Lok Leung (Hong Kong)
Tomoya Goto (Japan)
Nitin Kumar (India)