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Arguably India’s brightest shining gentle from the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024/25 – aside from the sensational Jasprit Bumrah – has been the emergence of Nitish Kumar Reddy. On the age of 21, Reddy was introduced into Check cricket amid scepticism, and that too on a frightening tour of Australia. 4 Assessments later, it appears as if Nitish Reddy might be a part of India in whites for years to return. Legendary Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar took his hat off to the selectors for trusting Reddy, and even in contrast him to Hardik Pandya.
With regards to Indian cricket lately, Hardik Pandya has often been in a league of his personal within the class of fast-bowling all-rounders. The likes of Vijay Shankar and Shardul Thakur have had brilliant moments, however by no means fairly the harmful excellence of Pandya.
However Gavaskar believes that Reddy’s present model, at 21, could also be higher than how Pandya was on the identical age.
“Ever since the unavailability of Hardik Pandya for Test cricket, India has been looking for an all-rounder who can bowl medium pace and bat as well. Reddy’s bowling is still a work in progress, but as a batter, he is definitely better than Pandya was around the same time,” Gavaskar wrote in his column for Sportstar.
Pandya hasn’t performed Check cricket since 2018, and India might have lastly solved the issue with the uncovering of Nitish Reddy. The latter starred within the fourth Check in Melbourne, smashing an unbelievable century below immense strain.
He additionally gave credit score to chief selector Ajit Agarkar for the unconventional choice of Reddy.
“It’s a credit to Ajit Agarkar and his fellow selectors to have seen enough to pitchfork him into the Test arena. In his debut Test match in Perth itself, it became evident that here was a cricketer who could read situations and play accordingly. With every subsequent Test match, that impression of a good ‘cricketing head’ on his shoulders began to get stronger and stronger,” wrote Gavaskar.
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