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India's Nitish Kumar Reddy hits a six during play successful the archetypal cricket trial betwixt India and Australia successful Perth, Australia, Friday, Nov. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Trevor Collens)
Receiving their caps from Virat Kohli, Andhra Pradesh all-rounder 21-year-old Nitish Kumar Reddy on with Delhi pacer Harshit Rana became the latest Test debutants for India successful the opening Test of the Border Gavaskar Trophy astatine Perth. Reddy was the highest scorer with a sound of 41 runs successful India’s archetypal innings people of 150 and the all-rounder shared what Indian manager Gautam Gambhir had told him connected however to header against Australian accelerated bowlers.
“Even I heard a batch astir Perth and I inactive retrieve the past signifier we were having and aft the practice, I had a chat with Gautam Sir and helium was mentioning (that) erstwhile you get immoderate bouncers, oregon thing similar that, crisp spells, you conscionable instrumentality it connected your shoulders. (He said) ‘Just consciousness similar you are taking a slug for your country’. That truly helped maine a lot. Like that conscionable boosted maine up. The Perth wicket, everyone was talking similar determination is simply a bully bounce successful this wicket (and) erstwhile helium said that thing, and I felt similar (I) needed to instrumentality bullets for (my) country. That’s the champion happening I person heard from Gautam Sir,” Reddy told the media station the day’s play.
The 21-year-old had travel to the crease with India reeling astatine 73 for 6 successful their archetypal innings and was progressive successful a 48-run concern for the seventh wicket with Rishabh Pant and helped India scope a archetypal inning’s full of 150 runs with him being the past antheral to fall. The all-rounder, who was portion of the India A squad against Australia A successful the 2 unofficial Test matches this month, shared however helium tackled Australian spinner Nathan Lyon.
🧢 𝗖𝗮𝗽 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝘁. 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗵
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— BCCI (@BCCI) November 22, 2024
“It was a large feeling. I ever dreamt of playing for India and it was fantastic to person the headdress from Virat Kohli, who has been my idol since I started playing cricket. I conscionable went with my plans and my spouse Rishabh Pant is an attacking batter, and helium was guiding maine each the time. There was not overmuch drift for Nathan Lyon and I decided to get immoderate speedy runs and assistance the squad determination ahead,” Reddy said.
With Australia ending the time astatine 67 for 7 successful 27 overs successful their archetypal innings and inactive trailing India by 83 runs, Indian bowling onslaught led by skipper Jasprit Bumrah volition anticipation to curtail the Australian innings soon. “Obviously, the wicket is helping a batch and truthful we don’t request to bash overmuch to get the wickets. So, we kept the subject and yet wickets came our way. At the break, we were discussing subject successful bowling. So, that’s what I conjecture Bumrah, Siraj and Harshit person done,” Reddy said.
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