DTVHINDI“He came three days before the IPL started… I was shocked that…” – Nitish Reddy said about Cummins
Pat Cummins performed brilliantly under the captaincy of Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 2024. The SRH team managed to reach the final this season, where they had to face defeat at the hands of KKR. Although all the players of SRH performed well this season, but one player who impressed everyone with his performance was Nitish Kumar Reddy. His brilliant performance in the IPL 2024 season for Sunrisers Hyderabad caught the attention of the BCCI selectors. After this, he was included in Team India for the first time for the Zimbabwe tour. However, fate had something else in store and he was ruled out of IPL 2024 due to a hernia injury. In this way, the wait for his debut for India increased further. Nitish Reddy made a big statement about Pat Cummins Meanwhile, during a recent interview, Nitish Reddy talked about playing under the captaincy of Pat Cummins. In an interview with News18 CricketNext, Nitish Reddy said that, Pat joined just three days before the IPL. Meanwhile, I did well in the practice games and the coach was really impressed. But I wanted the captain to know. I said, ‘Does he know how I play and how I see the game?’ But when he joined, he said, ‘Nitish, you are playing very well.” The all-rounder was surprised to learn that Cummins had watched his batting videos on YouTube. The Australian captain’s move boosted Reddy’s confidence immensely and strengthened his belief in his own abilities. The young all-rounder further added, “I was kind of shocked that how did he know about my batting? He didn’t see me in the practice sessions, so I asked him about it, and he said that he saw my batting videos on YouTube and appreciated my talent. So this is really a kind of encouragement for me.”
ZIM vs IND: Nitish Kumar Reddy, who was ruled out of the T20 series due to injury, said – I will come back strongly
Nitish Reddy is out of the match against Zimbabwe due to injury Nitish Kumar Reddy (Image Credit- Twitter X) The Indian cricket team is currently on a tour of Zimbabwe for a five-match T20 series, while all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy was selected in Team India for the last three matches of this series. But due to injury, he is completely out of this series. However, he had a dream since childhood to play for the Indian cricket team, but now it seems that it will take some more time for his dream to be fulfilled. Let us tell you that in the recently concluded IPL 2024, Nitish Reddy was successful in winning the Emerging Player of the Tournament award. So after winning this award, Nitish was successful in attracting the attention of Indian selectors, but now the wait to play for Team India has become longer for him, because at present he is in National Cricket Academy (NCA) due to injury, and has not been able to fly to Robert Gabriel Mugabe Airport Harare. On the other hand, in a recent interview with India Today, Nitish Kumar Reddy talked about the nature of his injury and said that he is going to return to cricket very soon and in a stronger way. Nitish Kumar Reddy gave a big statement Let us tell you that in a recent conversation with India Today, Nitish Reddy said – It is everyone’s dream to play for India. I was really close to it and then I got injured. I don’t blame the injury because it is an integral part of a player’s life. Whatever happened, happened, I want to work on myself in this off-season. I am working on my shoulder and arm as well. I was very happy when the call-up came from India but you know injuries happen. No worries, opportunities are going to come. I just want to be ready for it. Nitish further said about his injury- I have sports hernia, it is a minor injury. The medical team has said that surgery is not required for this. I just need to rest a bit, and do rehab for some time. I don’t know how long it will take, but I am feeling better now. But in the end it is my physio’s call.
