The greatest under-16 player an IPL star |Nitish Kumar Reddy
Nitish Kumar Reddy of the SRH crushed 64 runs off of 37 balls, and according to his coach, he is one of the best all-rounders in the local league.
Put money into him. Shortly after his young statemate Nitish Kumar Reddy hit 64 runs off 37 balls for SunRisers Hyderabad versus Punjab Kings, India batsman Hanuma Vihari tweeted, “He’s the next big thing, not just in franchise cricket.”
A number of international talents lead the batting and bowling departments, thus a 20-year-old has a great chance of making the SRH XI this year. Nitish had done enough to be given another chance, capping off an easy victory over the Chennai Super Kings with an eight-ball, 14-run cameo at number six that included a six.
“Batter with a medium bowling pace.” an uncommon item In his post, Vihari continued to write.
After the renowned batting order of the San Francisco Kings collapsed to 27 for two and then 64 for four, Nitish was elevated to number four as a stopgap, ahead of Heinrich Klaasen and impact replacement Rahul Tripathi.
After hitting two boundaries against Harpreet Brar, the Vizag youngster stormed from the starting blocks, hitting Kagiso Rabada and Sam Curran for sixes in three deliveries. With a brilliant 20-run over against Brar, he grabbed his chance and sent SRH racing to a match-winning total (182). He also cracked two sixes and as many fours.
Not one of his teammates was able to reach 25.
Three medium-paced overs were also contributed by him, just four years after he began bowling seriously. Jitesh Sharma was defeated by a skillful slower bouncer, earning him his first IPL wicket.
An unprecedented feat
When Nitish was in his early teens, he looked up to India’s batting master Virat Kohli, who was dominating an age-group cricket team for Andhra as a top-order batsman. The 2017–18 season was Nitish’s breakthrough year, as he completely changed the Vijay Merchant Trophy record books.
Nitish scored the greatest total in the tournament’s history with 1,237 runs at an incredible average of 176.41. Surprisingly, he scored a triple hundred, two hundreds, two fifties, and a 441 off 366 balls against Nagaland during his run streak.
When Nitish ran into his batting idol, Virat, at the annual award ceremony in 2018, the BCCI declared him the “Best Cricketer in the Under-16” category.
A few years later, he would say, “The bodyguards got in the way, and I could not meet him (Kohli).”
But Nitish had to reconsider his position as a new ball bowler and top-order batsman due to mounting physical demands. Even while he was in the U-19 circuit, I was watching him. Even if he was capable of opening the bowling and playing up top, it was too much to expect of him at the time. The current Andhra coach, Nirmal Kumar, adds, “We decided to move him into the middle-order and improve his focus with the ball.”
Despite his lackluster lower-order batting results, the seam bowling all-rounder designation propelled him into the senior Andhra team in the beginning of 2020, and starting in 2021, he became a regular in all forms. After Andhra finished in the quarterfinals of this season, Nitish emerged as the team’s top wicket-taker with 25 wickets each in the previous two Ranji Trophy editions.
Nirmal was happy to see Nitish’s batting improving in the longer format, even though his pace might still be improving. Nitish scored over 350 runs in the Ranji season, including 159 against Bihar. He is one of India’s best all-around players, equally adept at both batting and bowling. He is an excellent all-around fielder and slip-catcher who is by far the most fit player for Andhra.
“He is willing to take on any task we assign and is prepared to play any position. Can bowl the entire package—yokers, bouncers, and death overs—says Nirmal.
“How he made difficult runs this season is what really sticks out to me.” He had taken four wickets in the second innings of the Ranji quarterfinal match against Madhya Pradesh, and we had brought him on at number three following an early collapse. For a short while, he managed to grind it out and salvage our innings. That recollection of his readiness to step up at any moment sticks out, even if we lost,” he continues.
The critical meeting between Nitish’s father, Mutyala, and India’s top all-rounder, Hardik, at the National Cricket Academy, is revealed as his ward’s turning moment.
“He had the opportunity to speak with Hardik Pandya during his U19 days at the NCA.” Ever since, his only goal has been to become an all-around player.
