Surnisers Hyderabad's destructive batter Nitish Reddy opens up after he got out because of injury from the Shubman Gill-led Indian squad, currently featuring in the five-match T20I series against Zimbabwe. He said that injuries are part of an athlete's life and he will not stop.
The Andhra-based all-rounder is currently on the road to recovery from a hernia niggle. He revealed that many relatives and neighbours who backbit his father for supporting him have changed and started inviting him for dinner. The 21-year-old batter also said that he felt he would get a chance in the Zimbabwe series.
“I had this feeling that I would be getting a chance in the Zimbabwe series. And I got that short call and I didn’t know what to do. I straightaway called my father and he literally started crying… like happy tears. Even my mom was so happy,” Nitesh told news18.
After getting out due to injury, Neddy said that he would not stop and focus on the future because he cannot change the past and there are a lot of matches coming for him in future.
“Unfortunately, because of this injury, I’m not a part of this Zimbabwe tour. But it’s a part of an athlete’s life. You have to accept whatever happens. If you ask me, this is not the point where I can stop. There are a lot of matches as well coming. I want to focus. I don’t want to demoralize myself. I want to focus on the future. What happened has happened. We can’t change it, right?” he added.
“Amid all the criticism, my father somehow believed that my son is going to make big. People who backbit about him would now call my father to praise me or would invite me and my father for dinner. You can see the progress and all. I’m so happy that my father is also getting back his lost respect,” the cricketer said.
Reddy also lavished praise on his father for taking care of him admist all the criticism from left right and centre.
“So my father took this decision to stay back and keep working with me. Since that day, his job has been to take care of me. In fact, he does that even today. I’m so happy that I’m seeing some progress in my game and I’m making him proud. A son couldn’t have asked for anything more than this to his father,” Reddy added.
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