Nitish Kumar Reddy made his debut in the Perth Test and in the very first match, he showed such brilliance that even captain Rohit Sharma became his fan.
New Delhi: Nitish Kumar Reddy made his debut in the Perth Test and in the very first match, he showed such brilliance that even captain Rohit Sharma became his fan. Nitish Reddy scored 41 runs in the first innings of the Perth Test and an unbeaten 38 in the second innings, not only this, he also took a wicket in the second innings. After this brilliant performance, Nitish Kumar Reddy has now shared his heart with the fans. Nitish Rana told in a BCCI video what Virat Kohli means to him, and also made a big statement on KL Rahul. Along with this, Nitish Reddy also told an emotional thing related to his father.
Nitish Reddy became emotional:
Nitish Reddy told BCCI that one day his father was crying due to lack of money. Nitish Reddy said, ‘My father left his job for me, he has struggled a lot in my journey, he has sacrificed. One day I saw him crying due to lack of money, after this I worked very hard. I am a boy from a middle class family. I am very happy that my father is happy today because of me. I gave my jersey to my father.’
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Nitish Reddy responded to the photo with Virat Kohli:
Recently a selfie of Nitish Reddy went viral in which Virat Kohli was seen behind him. He also responded to this in the BCCI video. Nitish Reddy said, ‘Virat Kohli was very famous at that time, I thought I would not get a chance to click a photo, so I clicked the photo at that time. I am a big fan of Virat, I have seen every match of his. I used to like his way of celebrating a lot. I always used to count my age as to when I can debut for India and play with him.’ This wish of Nitish also came true. He played with his idol in Perth and the amazing thing is that when Virat scored a century, Nitish was the non-striker.
KL Rahul is special for Nitish Kumar Reddy:
Nitish Reddy said that whenever he has any problem, he talks to KL Rahul only. According to Nitish, he feels good sitting with KL Rahul. His advice is useful for Nitish. Before the Australia tour, KL Rahul gave him some advice for batting which was useful for him in the Perth Test. (Watch Nitish Reddy’s full interview here)