Nitish Kumar Reddy is an Indian cricketer. Nitish Kumar Reddy is an Indian cricket all-rounder from Visakhapatnam. Nitish Kumar Reddy Made his list A debut on 20 February 2021 for Andhra Pradesh in the 2020-21 Vijay Hazare Trophy and he made 54 runs against Vidharbha in his first match of list A Career. Nitish Kumar Reddy Made his first -class debut for Andhra Pradesh in the season 2019-20 Ranji Trophy on January 27 2020 and T20 debut for Andhra Pradesh on 4 November 2021 in the season of Sayed Mustaq Ali Trophy 2021-22 And his IPL career is started with Hyderabad Franchise who bought him his base price 20 lakh and he made his IPL debut in 2023 against RCB he bowled 2 overs in this match and given 19 runs and he played only two matches in this season.
Personal life
Born— 26 May 2003 age 21, Visakhapatnam
Batting — Right-hand Batsman
Bowling— Right-arm medium fast.
Team joined— Sunrisers Hyderabad, Godavari Titans
Height— 1.78 m
Ideal Cricketer — Virat Kohli
Occupation— Cricketer
Hobby — Bike Riding
Education— Btech in Ec and Master degree in business analytics.
Net worth — Around 8 to 15 crores.
IPL Debut — Against RCB in 2023
T20I Debut — Against Bangladesh on 6 October 2024 in Gwalior.
Test Debut — Against Australia on 22 November 2024 in Border Gavskar Trophy in Perth.
Schooling days/starting Career
When Nitish Kumar Reddy was 5 years old,he started playing the cricket in his schooling days with a plastic bat.When Nitish Kumar Reddy ‘s father looked him to play cricket, Nitish Kumar Reddy ‘s father support him to play cricket. After sometime Nitish Kumar Reddy visited VDCA campus and take training from many trainer . When Nitish Kumar Reddy was 12 or 13 years old, his father quit job . during age group matches When Nitish Kumar Reddy used to play in Under 12 and Under 14, the former Indian cricketer’s eyes fell on Nitish Kumar.MSK Prasad selected him and sent him for coaching at the Andhra Cricket Association Academy under the coaching of Madhusudan Reddy.Nitish made headlines by scoring 441 runs in 345 balls in a match against Nagaland and made a record 1237 runs in that tournament.26 wicket is taken by Nitish Kumar Reddy in season 17-18 Vijay Merchant Trophy and he earned the BCCI’Best Cricketer in the year under -16 ‘Jagmohan Dalmia award for the season 17-18.
IPL Career
For the first time, Nitish Kumar Reddy was bought in IPL by Sunrisers Hyderabad at his base price of 20 lakhs in the 2023 Indian Premier League auction . And he played only 2 matches in his first season of IPL 2023 and he made his debut in IPL career against RCB and bowled 2 overs in this match and gave 19 runs. Nitish Kumar Reddy performed outstandingly in his second season of IPL 2024 for Hyderabad and won the emerging player of the year award by scoring 303 runs with a strike rate of 142 .For his outstanding performance in 2024, Hyderabad retained Nitish Kumar Reddy as their 5th player for Rs 6 crore in the 2025 IPL auction.
T20I Career
Nitish Kumar Reddy made his T20I career debut against Bangladesh in Gwalior on 6 October 2024 where he scored 16 runs in 15 balls while chasing the target. In his second match, Nitish Kumar Reddy played an innings of 74 runs in 35 balls with a strike rate of 217 against Bangladesh on 9 October 2024 and took 2 wickets for 23 runs in two overs and For this he got the Player of the Match award.
Test Career
Nitish Kumar Reddy made his test debut in the Border Gavaskar Trophy against Australia on 22 November 2024 at Perth and scored 79 runs in his debut match with 41 runs in the first innings and 38 runs in the second innings. Nitish Kumar Reddy scored his first Test century against Australia in the first innings of India’s fourth match of the Border Gavaskar Trophy where the Indian team was struggling in melbourne test.