Nitish Reddy Joins Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh In Elite List Of Indian Batters

All-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy grow to be the fourth-youngest Indian participant to hit their maiden half-century in T20Is and impressed closely in opposition to spin in the course of the second T20I in opposition to Bangladesh at Delhi’s Arun Jaitley Stadium on Wednesday. In solely his second T20I, Nitish scored a superb 74 in simply 34 balls, with 4 fours and 7 sixes. His runs got here at a strike charge of 217.65. At the age of 21 years and 136 days, Nitish grew to become the fourth-youngest to hit a maiden T20I fifty for India. Current Indian skipper in Tests and ODI, Rohit Sharma was the youngest to hit the maiden T20I fifty by an Indian participant on the age of 20 years and 143 days in opposition to South Africa in 2007 in the course of the inaugural ICC T20 World Cup.

Nitish accelarated his knock properly, enjoying at 13 in 13 balls, with one 4. In the subsequent 21 balls, he smashed 61 balls, with three boundaries and 7 sixes.

The younger all-rounder was notably spectacular in opposition to spin, scoring 53 in 19 balls in opposition to spin. Among Indian batters to have confronted greater than 10 balls of spin in a T20I innings, Nitish Reddy’s SR of 278.94 (53 off 19) is barely bettered by Ruturaj Gaikwad‘s 305.55 vs Australia in Guwahati in 2023 (55 off 18 balls). Nitish hit a 4 and all of his seven sixes in opposition to spin.

Alongside Gaikwad, Nitish additionally joined the likes of Yuvraj Singh and Virat Kohli within the record of Indian batters with most runs in an innings in opposition to spin in T20Is.

Abhishek Sharma tops the record with 65-run knock vs Zimbabwe in Harare in 2024, whereas Yuvraj Singh follows him with 57 in opposition to Pakistan in Ahmedabad 2012.

With 55 runs in opposition to Australia in Guwahati in 2023, Ruturaj Gaikwad is third within the record whereas Virat Kohli is subsequent with 54-run knock in opposition to Afghanistan in Dubai in 2022.

Then comes Nitish Reddy along with his most up-to-date 53-run innings vs Bangladesh in New Delhi.

Notably, Nitish can also be the primary Indian to attain 70 runs and take two wickets in a T20I match.

Coming to the match, a nice all-round efficiency from Team India, notably Nitish Kumar Reddy, helped the Men in Blue safe an 86-run win over Bangladesh within the second T20I at Delhi’s Arun Jaitley Stadium on Wednesday. India have sealed the three-match collection 2-0.

(With ANI Inputs)