Nitish Kumar Reddy
Personal information
Full name
Kaki Nitish Kumar Reddy
Born (2003-05-26) 26 May 2003
Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium fast
RoleBatting All-rounder
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2020–presentAndhra Pradesh
2023Sunrisers Hyderabad
FC debut27 January 2020 Andhra Pradesh v Kerala
LA debut20 February 2021 Andhra Pradesh v Vidarbha
Career statistics
Competition FC ListA T20
Matches 10 14 5
Runs scored 200 293 92
Batting average 11.76 32.55 23.00
100s/50s 0/1 0/3 0/0
Top score 66 59 41
Balls bowled 1280 367 12
Wickets 27 10 0
Bowling average 26.85 36.70 –
5 wickets in innings 1 0 –
10 wickets in match 0 0 –
Best bowling 8/119 3/23 –
Catches/stumpings 6/– 9/– 3/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 19 April 2023

Kaki Nitish Kumar Reddy (born 26 May 2003) is an Indian cricketer.[1] He plays for Andhra in domestic cricket and Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League. He made his first-class debut on 27 January 2020, for Andhra in the 2019–20 Ranji Trophy.[2] He made his List A debut on 20 February 2021, for Andhra in the 2020–21 Vijay Hazare Trophy.[3] He made his Twenty20 debut on 4 November 2021, for Andhra in the 2021–22 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.[4] He was bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs.20 Lakh, in the 2023 Indian Premier League auction.[5]

Early life and career

Nitish Kumar Reddy was born on 26 May 2003 in Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, and is the son of former Hindustan Zinc employee Mutyala Reddy.[6]

Nitish started playing cricket at the age of 5 with a plastic bat and would regularly visit the Hindustan Zinc grounds to watch seniors play cricket. With support from his father, who quit his job when he was transferred to Udaipur, to help his son pursue a cricket career, Nitish visited VDCA camps and initially trained under coaches Kumara swamy, Krishna Rao and Watekar.[7]

Nitish said of his father's decision : "I was 12 or 13 when my dad quit his job. He was transferred to Udaipur. He analysed the cricket there and was afraid of the politics that might affect my game. He quit his job and dedicated his time to my game. Relatives questioned his decisions. He is the first person who believed in me”.[8]

Nitish was spotted by former Indian Cricketer and selector MSK Prasad during Under-12 and Under-14 age group matches and got picked up to train in the ACA academy in Kadapa under the coaching of Madhusudhana Reddy and Srinivasa Rao.[9]

He followed this up with a trailblazing season scoring 441 against Nagaland, the quadruple ton coming in just 345 deliveries and ending up with 1237 runs at an average of 176.41, a tournament record, along with 26 wickets in the 2017-18 Vijay Merchant Trophy.This fetched him the BCCI ‘Best Cricketer in the Under -16’ Jagmohan Dalmiya award for the season 2017–2018. Nitish is the first player of Andhra Cricket Association who got the BCCI award.[10][11]

References

  1. ↑ "Nitish Kumar Reddy". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  2. ↑ "Elite, Group A, Ranji Trophy at Ongole, Jan 27-30 2020". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  3. ↑ "Elite, Group B, Indore, Feb 20 2021, Vijay Hazare Trophy". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  4. ↑ "Elite, Group C, Vadodara, Nov 4 2021, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  5. ↑ "IPL Auction 2023: Full list of sold and Unsold players". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  6. ↑ "Junior batting phenom turned all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy moves beyond Kohli obsession, earns IPL shot with SRH". Sportstar The Hindu. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  7. ↑ "Nitish, the run machine@16". The Hindu. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  8. ↑ "Junior batting phenom turned all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy moves beyond Kohli obsession, earns IPL shot with SRH". Sportstar The Hindu. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  9. ↑ "Nitish, the run machine@16". The Hindu. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  10. ↑ "Junior batting phenom turned all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy moves beyond Kohli obsession, earns IPL shot with SRH". Sportstar The Hindu. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  11. ↑ "Nitish, the run machine@16". The Hindu. Retrieved 19 April 2023.


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