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While India may have lost the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25several positives emerged for the Indian team going forward. Among these, the polyvalent stood out Nitish Kumar Reddy who made highlights with his batting amidst a terrible show by Indian batsmen throughout the series.
Nitish Kumar Reddy gets a hero’s welcome in Hyderabad
The Indian team came back Australia after a long and tiring series. The team will now take on England in the ODI and T20I series at home before the Champions Trophy 2025. Thus, a long season of white-ball cricket is expected after India’s recent failure to win the BGT 2024-25, a first in almost a decade.
Amid mixed emotions over the current form of the Indian team, footage of Reddy’s welcome at the airport in his hometown Hyderabad has managed to lift the nation’s spirits ahead of the prestigious ICC tournament. In the video, Reddy can be seen being greeted with a garland at the Hyderabad airport and flowers showered on the youngster in a show of fan love for the sensational all-rounder. Reddy was then led into an open car with his father on top of him amid a sea of people who came to the airport to catch a glimpse of the 21-year-old.
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Here is 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, where he hit his maiden century at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. pic.twitter.com/34JwZnycXM
— IANS (@ians_india) January 9, 2025
Heroic Reddy saved the Indian team in Melbourne
Reddy became a hero after saving the team in the Boxing Day Test after the entire Indian batting order fell under the Australian onslaught like a pack of cards. The Australians in their first innings made a mammoth 474 runs. In response, the Indian batting order completely crumbled amid consistent dismissals. It was during these desperate times that Reddy along with Washington Sundar penned a remarkable 127-run partnership to save the Indian innings from the humiliation of a follow-on. Reddy, with an epic innings of 114 runs, helped India put 369 runs on the board from 221/7 at the same time and brought the Indian total close to Australia’s first innings score. Reddy was the fourth highest run scorer in the series with 298 runs in 9 innings to his name.
