- “Nitish Kumar Reddy is certainly gaining confidence as an all-rounder” – Irfan Pathan praises the 23-year-old after his second T20I heroics. Nitish Kumar Reddy contributed with both bat and ball as India beat New Zealand by four wickets at Hagley Oval to take a 2-0 lead in the five-match T20I series.
- Nitish Kumar Reddy (Source: BCCI/X) Nitish Kumar Reddy produced a remarkable all-round performance in the 2nd T20I between India and New Zealand at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch on Saturday, October 24.
- The 23-year-old threw a chip with the ball and then played a winning hand with the bat as India chased a 181-run target with one ball to spare and won by four wickets to take a 2-0 lead in the five-match series.
“Nitish Kumar Reddy is certainly gaining confidence as an all-rounder” – Irfan Pathan praises the 23-year-old after his second T20I heroics. Nitish Kumar Reddy contributed with both bat and ball as India beat New Zealand by four wickets at Hagley Oval to take a 2-0 lead in the five-match T20I series.
Nitish Kumar Reddy (Source: BCCI/X) Nitish Kumar Reddy produced a remarkable all-round performance in the 2nd T20I between India and New Zealand at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch on Saturday, October 24. The 23-year-old threw a chip with the ball and then played a winning hand with the bat as India chased a 181-run target with one ball to spare and won by four wickets to take a 2-0 lead in the five-match series. Former India all-rounder Irfan Pathan visited X on October 24 to praise Reddy’s performance during the New Zealand tour.
“Nitish Kumar Reddy is definitely gaining confidence as an all-rounder on this journey. Regular bowling and now this pressure-free innings of 26 gives him and the team management the confidence to give him a longer run in all formats,” Pathan wrote. Check out the original post on X Reddy’s full presentation during the 2nd T20I India. Shreyas Iyer won the toss and chose to bowl first.
New Zealand recovered from the loss of three wickets in the Powerplay to post a score of 180/5, with Glenn Phillips contributing 70 off 43 balls and Bevon Jacobs contributing 58. Arshdeep Singh was the pick of the Indian bowlers with 2/33 while Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Prince Yadav and Reddy claimed a wicket each. Reddy’s bowling figures are 3-0-31-1.
His only dismissal was the well-placed Jacobs, whose wicket fell in the 19th over. Reddy then came into play during the chase and remained unbeaten on 26 off 13 balls. He and Tilak Varma scored an unbeaten seventh wicket stand of 69 runs off 30 balls that took India home, with Reddy scoring the winning runs off Jacob Duffy on the penultimate delivery.
India’s chase and match score Tilak Varma remained unbeaten with 51 off 26 balls, while Naman Dhir had earlier contributed 31 off 17 balls, including three sixes and a four, before his dismissal. With a concerted effort in the batting order, India completed the chase of 181 with one ball remaining. Reddy, born on 26 May 2003 in Visakhatnam, Andhra Pradesh, is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowling all-rounder.
He represents Andhra Pradesh in domestic cricket and Sunrisers Hyderabad in franchise cricket. His pearance at Hagley Oval was part of a larger series of posts during the New Zealand tour that brought Pathan to X’s attention. In the absence of Hardik Pandya, Reddy has made notable contributions.
