IPL 2024: Today, in the 23rd match of IPL-17, the teams of Punjab Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad are facing each other at the Maharaja Yadvendra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Chandigarh. In this match, uncapped Indian batsman Nitish Reddy from Andhra, playing for SRH, emerged as a troubleshooter for his team. He made an important contribution in taking his team to a respectable score by scoring a half-century in pressured situations. During his innings, Reddy scored 64 runs in 37 balls, during which he created a sensation by hitting four fours and five big sixes.
Who is Nitish Kumar Reddy?
Let us tell you that Nitish’s full name, born on 26 May 2003 in the coastal city of Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, is Kaki Nitish Kumar Reddy. Along with hitting big, he also does medium fast bowling and wicketkeeping. Nitish has played 17 first-class matches for Andhra Pradesh, scoring 566 runs at an average of 20.96 and 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 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.
Reddy joins SRH in IPL 2023
It is worth noting that in the 2023 auction, Hyderabad had included him at a base price of Rs 20 lakh. 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. But this season he got a chance to debut against CSK. In the first match, he scored 14 unbeaten runs and now in his second IPL match, he has created a sensation by scoring a brilliant half-century. Experienced Indian Test batsman and former Andhra Pradesh captain Hanuma Vihari has praised Nitish’s innings on social media.
What happened in the match?
Talking about this match, Sunrisers Hyderabad scored 182 runs after losing 9 wickets thanks to the half-century of Nitish Kumar Reddy (64 runs). Arshdeep Singh was the most successful bowler for Punjab Kings, taking four wickets for 29 runs. Apart from them, Harshal Patel and Sam Curran took two wickets each while Kagiso Rabada got one wicket. Apart from Nitish, Abdul Samad contributed 25 runs and Travis Head contributed 21 runs.
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