New Delhi (Nitish Kumar Reddy Biography)Indian cricket team’s star player Nitish Kumar Reddy has created history at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. He has become the youngest cricketer in the world to score a half-century while batting below the seventh order. This new sensation of Team India has completed half century today (28 December 2024) at the age of just 21 years and 214 days while batting brilliantly (Australia vs India). Today Nitish Kumar Reddy is being discussed all over the world.
Nitish Kumar Reddy has made his debut in IPL this year with Sunrisers Hyderabad. His journey has been full of many challenges. Of course, his childhood was full of difficulties but he did not let it affect his cricket career (Nitish Kumar Reddy Family). His family also has a big contribution in his journey and success. His father had recognized his talent in his childhood and that is why he was able to reach where he is today.
Nitish Kumar Reddy Father: Father left his job for his son.
Nitish Kumar Reddy belongs to an ordinary family. He was born on 26 May 2003 in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. Then his father Mutyala Reddy was working in Hindustan Zinc Company. Nitish started learning the tricks of batting with a plastic bat at the age of 5. He used to watch seniors playing cricket on the grounds of his father’s company. Then his father was transferred to Udaipur. But there were not many opportunities to learn cricket and that is why Mutyala left the job.
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Nitish Kumar Reddy IPL: Mother took care of the house
When the father left his job to make his son a cricketer, the mother took charge of the house. Mutyala had put all his focus on Nitish’s career. Ultimately his hard work bore fruit. Sunrisers Hyderabad had bought Nitish Kumar Reddy for his base price of Rs 20 lakh. Nitish Kumar Reddy also does wicketkeeping. He has played 20 first-class matches for Andhra Pradesh. He made his debut for Andhra against Kerala in Ranji Trophy 2020.
The selector’s eye fell
When his father left his job, Nitish was 12 or 13 years old. At that time relatives had taunted him a lot. Nitish started training under the leadership of Kumar Swamy, Krishna Rao and Watekar. Former Indian cricketer and selector MSK Prasad had watched Nitish Reddy during matches in the Under-12 and Under-14 age groups. After this, he was selected for training at the Andhra Cricket Association (ACA) Academy in Cuddapah under the coaching of Madhusudan Reddy and Srinivas Rao.
Nitish Kumar Reddy’s net worth is said to be between Rs 10 lakh to Rs 50 lakh (Nitish Kumar Reddy Net Worth).
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FIRST PUBLISHED: December 28, 2024, 13:41 IST