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Fast- bowling all-rounders are uncommon in cricket. India haven’t had a number of high-quality batters that may likewise bowl pace of late, with Hardik Pandya maybe being the best various at present. But, Hardik’s India job is restricted to only white-ball cricket at present. Hence, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) selected Nitish Kumar Reddy for the sincere Australia tour. Nitish has at present glad a number of along with his batting within the T20I assortment versusBangladesh As his provides climb in international cricket, Reddy disclosed a big pointer from prepare Gautam Gambhir that aided him succeed.
In a dialog with the Hindustan Times, Reddy disclosed the form of discussions he had with Gambhir and others within the group monitoring within the Bangladesh assortment.
“At the start, it was nothing. They were telling me to play in an aggressive way. The kind of approach I showed in IPL, they were telling me to go with the same approach, same mindset, everything. Just play according to the situation. I still remember during the drinks break when Gautam Sir came in and I played reverse sweep it needed a DRS. When it was given not out as it was the umpire’s call, he came in the centre and he told me, Nitish, you have good power. You can clear the boundary line easily. You have no need to play reverse sweep on these kind of wickets because the ball is keeping low,” Reddy claimed.
Reddy struck a 74-run knock versus Bangladesh within the 2nd T20I, making waves within the Indian cricketing vary. Reddy is glad for the instructions offered to him by Gambhir all through this stage of his job.
“He told me to back my power. So I just backed my power and rest of the things went very well. The over bowled by the spinner turned out very well for me at that time,” Reddy claimed.
Gambhir likewise offered some helpful concepts to Reddy over bowling. The pacer bowls in between 130-135 kmph on a typical, although he has the aptitude to astonish 140 kmph additionally. But, it’s uniformity over pace within the concern guidelines for Reddy.
“To be honest, I am trying to be more consistent in red ball. I feel like bowling 130-135 is good pace. Rather than going 140-145, trying to bowl more pace, I just don’t want to lose my consistency. So I am trying to have more consistency at this pace. In that process, if my pace got increased, that’s well and good. But my first priority will be bowling the consistency areas, hitting the top of the off stump. That’s what Gautam sir also kept on mentioning to me, so I wanted to focus on that,” he insisted.
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