2024-04-10 14:40:59
muLlanpur: When the entire star-studded team of Sunrisers Hyderabad was seen kneeling against Punjab Kings, then an unknown batsman was piercing the sky with his sixes. Right-handed batsman Nitish Kumar Reddy saved his team’s honor by playing a stormy innings of 64 runs in just 37 balls. During this, he hit four fours and five skyscraper sixes. This was the first IPL half-century of Nitish Kumar Reddy, who came at number four. Abdub Samad (25 runs in 12 balls) also supported Reddy well, there was a partnership of 50 runs in just 20 balls between the two for the sixth wicket. Due to this, Hyderabad was able to reach 182/9 from 64/4.
Who is Nitish Kumar Reddy?
Nitish’s full name, born on 26 May 2003 in the coastal city of Andhra Pradesh, Visakhapatnam, is Kaki Nitish Kumar Reddy. Nitish, who will turn 21 next month, is considered a big hitter. He also does medium fast bowling and wicketkeeping. He has played 17 first-class matches for Andhra Pradesh, scoring 566 runs at an average of 20.96 with one century and two half-centuries. He has also taken 52 wickets in these matches at an average of 22.96. He made his debut for Andhra against Kerala in the Ranji Trophy 2020, scoring 39 runs in 60 balls in the lower order to help Andhra win by seven wickets. Nitish Reddy also has experience of 22 List A matches.
Father left his job and became a cricketer
Nitish Kumar Reddy comes from an ordinary family. To make his son a cricketer, the father left his job and concentrated all his attention on shaping Nitish’s career. Now his hard work is bearing fruit. Experienced Indian Test batsman and former Andhra Pradesh captain Hanuma Vihari praised Nitish’s innings on social media. This is also the highest score of this all-rounder’s T-20 career. Before IPL 2023, Sunrisers Hyderabad bought him for the base price of Rs 20 lakh.
Was playing the first match of IPL 2024This was only his second match in the current season. Earlier, in the match against Chennai Super Kings on April 5, he scored unbeaten 14 runs in just eight balls and led the team to victory 11 balls earlier. In IPL 2023, he got a chance to play only two matches, in which he did not get a chance to bat. The team used him as a bowler, but could not even get a wicket.