Sunrisers Hyderabad's rising all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy expressed his interest in batting against India's premier speedster Jasprit Bumrah and handpicked the "golden assets" to the nation's cricket.
Andhra Pradesh and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy said that he admires star India batter Virat Kohli and former South Africa cricketer AB de Villiers.
Nitish was called-up to the Indian squad after a solid Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 season with SRH, for the five-match T20I series against Zimbabwe. Though he could not play due to a sports hernia injury, he has created an impression strong enough to be considered for future series with
Nitish, who is currently representing SRH in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL), has grabbed a lot of eyeballs with his all-round performance, his ability to hit sixes and bowl useful pace bowling. At the age of just 20 years, he is being looked to as one of the players to watch out
Nitish accomplished this feat during his side's game against Rajasthan Royals (RR) at Hyderabad. The all-rounder scored an unbeaten 76* in 42 balls, with three fours and eight sixes. His runs came at a strike rate of 180.95.
Vintage Bhuvneshwar was at works at powerplay and death as the veteran ended with three wickets and maintained his nerves to defend 13 runs in the final over, trapping a dangerous Rovman Powell lbw on the final ball to leave RR one-run short of a victory at Hyderabad on Friday.