Nitish Reddy, on Wednesday (October 9), introduced his arrival in worldwide cricket in type by smashing a whirlwind fifty within the ongoing second India vs Bangladesh T20I on the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi.
The teen earned his maiden India call-up for the continued three-match T20I collection after impressing on this 12 months’s Indian Premier League. He made his debut within the first T20I. In his first-ever recreation for Crew India, Nitish Reddy bowled two overs however couldn’t decide up any wickets earlier than scoring an unbeaten 16 runs.
On Wednesday (October 9), he confirmed the world why he’s being rated so extremely by everybody. The teen performed a sensational knock for the Males in Blue. What makes his knock much more spectacular is that it got here beneath big strain.
The correct-handed batsman needed to stroll out to bat within the powerplay after India misplaced each of their openers inside the primary three overs. Even earlier than the powerplay ended, India misplaced the massive wicket of their captain Suryakumar Yadav as nicely.
The onus was on Nitish Reddy and his new accomplice Rinku Singh to bail the group out of bother and the children didn’t disappoint. They shared a giant stand of 108 runs for the fourth wicket to place India within the driver’s seat.
Reddy began his innings cautiously and was batting on 12 off 11 overs on the finish of the eighth over. He shifted gears within the ninth over after hitting a free-hit from Mahmudullah for a six. Within the tenth over, the 21-year-old smashed two extra sixes to get into his groove.
He went on to finish his fifty in simply 26 balls. He additionally grew to become the fourth youngest Indian to attain a T20I half-century after Rohit Sharma (20y 143d), Tilak Varma (20y, 271d) and Rishabh Pant (21y, 38d). Reddy finally departed for 74 runs within the 14th over. His knock got here off simply 34 balls and was studded with 4 fours and seven sixes.
The spotlight of Nitish Reddy’s whirlwind knock was the thirteenth over when he took Bangladesh spinner Mehidy Hasan Miraz to the cleaners. Because of Reddy’s explosive batting, India collected as many as 26 runs from that over. 24 of these runs have been scored by Reddy.
On the primary ball of the over, Rinku took a single to offer the strike to his accomplice. It was adopted by a six and a 4 earlier than Reddy took a double on the fourth ball. On the fifth ball of the over, Reddy hit one other six to finish the 100-run partnership. Mehidy then bowled a large earlier than being hit for one more six.