WATCH: Nitish Kumar Reddy gets grand welcome on return to India after BGT 2024-25 heroics against Australia
While India maybe he lost Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25several positives emerged for the Indian team going forward. Prominent among them was the all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy who stood out with his batting amid a terrible show by the Indian batsmen throughout the series.
Nitish Kumar Reddy gets a hero’s welcome in Hyderabad
Indian team returned from Australia after a long and tiring series. The team will now face England in the ODI and T20I series at home before Champions Trophy 2025. So, we are in for a long season of white-ball cricket after India’s recent failure to win the 2024-25 BGT, the first in almost a decade.
Amid contrasting emotions about the current form of the Indian team, pictures of Reddy’s welcome at the airport in his hometown Hyderabad managed to lift the mood in the country ahead of the prestigious ICC tournament. In the video, Reddy can be seen being welcomed with a garland at the Hyderabad airport and flowers showered on the youngster as a sign of fans’ love for the sensational all-rounder. Reddy was then led to an open car as his father stood over him amid a sea of people who had come to the airport to see the 21-year-old.
Also read: Simon Katich slams Virat Kohli for his on-field antics during BGT 2024-25.
Here’s the video
Watch: India all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy gets a hero’s welcome on arrival at the airport in his hometown Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh
Nitish was one of the few bright spots in India’s Test tour of Australia, scoring his maiden century at the Melbourne Cricket Ground pic.twitter.com/34JwZnycXM
— IANS (@ians_india) January 9, 2025
Reddy’s heroism saved the Indian team in Melbourne
Reddy became a hero after rescuing the team in the Boxing Day Test after the entire Indian batting order fell to the Australian attack like a deck of cards. The Australians scored a whopping 474 runs in their first innings. In response, India’s batting order completely collapsed amid consistent dismissals. In those desperate times, Reddy along with Washington Sundar scripted a remarkable partnership of 127 runs to save the Indian innings from the humiliation of the sequel. Reddy’s epic 114 runs in the innings helped India post 369 runs on a board of 221/7 at one point and brought India’s total close to Australia’s first innings score. Reddy was the 4th highest run scorer in the series with 298 runs in 9 innings.
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