India's young fast-bowling all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy visited Tirupati temple after returning from Australia where he featured in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-24. Nitish who made his Test debut in Australia scored 298 runs in his five Test outings at an average of 37.25. He was India's second-highest run-getter against Australia.
A video of Nitish Reddy is going viral on social media where the cricketer can be seen walking on his knees at Tirupati temple stairs. Here is the clip.
After making his Test debut in the five-Test match series, the star player took his 'X' (formerly known as Twitter) to share his experience in Australia.
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"The last two months have been a tremendous opportunity for growth, both as a player and as a person. From setting alarms to watch Test matches in Australia to experiencing the Australian shores firsthand, it's been an unforgettable experience. Although we didn’t end the series as we wished, we’ll be back, tougher and stronger" Reddy posted.
After an impressive performance in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy Nitish Reddy got a call-up in India's T20I squad against England which is scheduled to start from January 22.
India's squad for England T20Is
Suryakumar Yadav (c), Sanju Samson (wk), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel (vc), Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammad Shami, Varun Chakravarthy, Ravi Bishnoi, Washington Sundar, Dhruv Jurel (wk)