melbourne There is a very old couplet of Munnavar Rana Saheb that those whose houses are made of mud, are small in height but the people are tall. Today this couplet fits perfectly on Nitish Reddy.. We have often seen and heard that the one who does well in test cricket. T20 can play well.. but Nitish Reddy changed this saying, first he scored a explosive half-century in T20, then made a place in the Test team and now he impressed people by scoring a century in Melbourne. Forced to say that even a person who plays T20 can bat brilliantly in Tests and that too with full patience.
Till three months ago, people considered Nitish Reddy only as an IPL player, until on October 10, Reddy came to the country’s capital and showed the world what a big player he has the potential to become. Between Delhi and Melbourne. There is a distance of a few days and cities but Reddy has shown that he is not dependent on the pitch conditions and the color of the ball does not matter to him.
Reddy is ready to become a star
When you focus on your work, play the ball and not the bowler, solve the puzzles of the pitch quickly and change your technique according to the changing weather, then you become a batsman like Nitish Reddy. Nitish Kumar Reddy emerged as the hero for India on the third day and scored a brilliant maiden Test century while leading the host team in front of 83,073 spectators at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. On this tour, Nitish has so far scored a total of 284 runs in 4 test matches for Team India. Be it punch and pull shot on the back foot or drive on the front foot, be it footwork against a bowler like the Lion, he was seen batting incomparably everywhere.
Have shown tension in T20
Reddy has shown his strength in the T-20 match against Bangladesh at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. At one time in this match, Team India had lost 3 wickets for 41 runs, but after this Nitish played a brilliant inning and helped India. Made a comeback in the match. In this match, Reddy faced 34 balls and scored 74 runs with the help of 4 fours and 7 sixes. This was his first half-century in international cricket and after this in bowling also he took 2 wickets while giving 23 runs in 4 overs. For his performance he was chosen Player of the Match. It is clear that Nitish Reddy, who started his international career with T20, knows how to score runs, whether the color of the ball is red or white, the format is T20 or Test, Nitish knows when and how to shift gears in batting and that is why today This young batting talent is being praised everywhere. It is said that there can be a hole in the sky too, friends, throw a stone with all your heart, the batsman who made his debut in T20 has proved this by scoring runs in the test.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : December 28, 2024, 3:51 PM IST