Delhi: The match ended with India losing the Adelaide Test by 10 wickets. This was Team India’s fourth consecutive defeat under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma. Now India’s eyes are on the third Test, which will be played in Brisbane from 14 December. Nitish Kumar Reddy has performed well in the last two test matches. He has scored the most runs for India in three of his last four innings. Looking at his current performance, it is believed that India has got a good option in Test cricket like Hardik Pandya.
South Africa has a resounding victory over Sri Lanka, winning the second test and taking the series 2-0.
The team is looking for Hardik’s alternative
Now talking about Hardik Pandya, the 31-year-old all-rounder played his last Test match against England in 2018. Since then he has not been able to play Test cricket. Hardik’s fitness prevents him from playing Tests. For this reason, the Indian team has been searching for a fast bowling all-rounder for the last six years who can fill their gap in Test cricket.
Hardik Pandya has scored 532 runs in 11 Test matches, scoring one century and four half-centuries, during which his average has been 31.29. Now he is seen playing only in T20 and ODI.
Reddy’s start has been excellent
Nitish Reddy recently got the opportunity to make his Test cricket debut for India and he took full advantage of this opportunity. He scored the most runs in three of the last four Test innings. In the first Test match, he scored 41 and 38* runs against Australia, while in the Adelaide Test he scored 42-42 runs in both the innings. Apart from this, he also took one wicket in the second innings.
Most six against Australia
Creating history, Nitish Reddy made a record of hitting six sixes in Test cricket against Australia. He is the first Indian player to hit more than three sixes against a fast bowler in Australia. With this, he became the third Indian player to score the most runs in every innings while batting at number seven or lower. Before him, this feat was done by Chandu Borde, Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Ravichandran Ashwin.
In such a situation, it is believed that Nitish Kumar Reddy can prove to be a long-haul player for Team India. Reddy has shown in his initial matches that he has the ability to play stop and play fast and if Nitish performs like this for the team, then it is obvious that he will fully establish his name in the team. Will make sure of it.