Nitish Kumar Reddy, the promising all-rounder,

[express bowling]

7 minutes ago, Lord said:

 

 

I'm sure he can already hit the deck somewhat like what Labu was doing today.

 

In Perth most can.

 

7 minutes ago, Lord said:

 

His main job is controlling an end.

 

To control an end in non swinging conditions, some seam movement and non floaty deliveries are needed. He can do it in Perth. Can he do it on normal pitches ? That's what I want to see. 

Edited November 23, 2024 by express bowling

[ravishingravi]

First time I saw him. Haven't been this impressed by Indian talent this much apart from Jaiswal and Gill

[Lord]

Terrific knock today

[Forever Indian]

Don't know if it was the pitch or just the talent, he seemed to have so much time playing his shots!

[lemsip]

The 21 year old clearly has raw talent and more importantly the attitude needed for test cricket. He didn't get to bowl much in the first innings but I think he is a capable 4th seamer who can do a holding job when the team needs to relieve the main bowlers. In time I think he is more than capable of becoming a proficient seamer and should come in especially handy on the England tour next year.

[tweaker]

Another good knock from Nitish 

[putrevus]

He batted very well again today. Hope he can improve his bowling.

[Lord]

Another great knock in adverse situation. Very impressed with his match awareness.

 

Hope we use him more with ball. His role is to hold an end and give break to main 3 quicks. 

 

Will be a wicket taking option in Eng too.

[singhvivek141]

Nitish seems to be a batter first than bowler.

 

Now I seriously doubt Harsha Bhogle's cricketing knowledge when he said that Nitish is a bowler first and its coz of IPL everyone is thinking him as a batter first.

[putrevus]

16 minutes ago, singhvivek141 said:

Nitish seems to be a batter first than bowler.

 

Now I seriously doubt Harsha Bhogle's cricketing knowledge when he said that Nitish is a bowler first and its coz of IPL everyone is thinking him as a batter first.

Spot on, he looks more like batsman who can bowl. I would have given him a spell earlier today and asked him to swing the ball. 

[NameGoesHere]

On 11/23/2024 at 7:58 PM, BacktoCricaddict said:

I didn't think he was ready for the big stage with his batting, but he showed me why I am a keyboard selector :-)

…

You should bow down to me. 

In my glorious career as a cricket savant  Early on I have identified such obviously talentless hacks as:

 

Anil Kumble 

 

Virender Sehwag and, not the least 

 

Virat Kohli (him I ‘caught out’  early, in his U19 days)

 

My technique of identifying talent is simply brilliant.

 

I immediately proclaim 9 out of 10 players as hacks.  Don’t need to see them play even. 
 

6 out of those 9 times I am inevitably right.

 

#cricketguru #stayblessed 

 

 

 

[tweaker]

 wicket for Reddy 

Edited December 7, 2024 by tweaker

[Lord]

5 minutes ago, tweaker said:

first test wicket for Reddy 

 

2nd. He got Marsh in Perth 2nd dig.

[Vijy]

His bowling is quite poor, at the 6th bowler level. His batting has real sparkle, and I hope that he can kick on from making cameos to scoring more as he is moved up the order.

[tweaker]

Find of the series.

[Vijy]

1 minute ago, tweaker said:

Find of the series.

real solid bat. should play at 5 or 6.

[tweaker]

14 minutes ago, Vijy said:

real solid bat. should play at 5 or 6.

He could have got 2,3 centuries in this series 

[tweaker]

100 for Reddy 

[express bowling]

 

 

He has the ability to both defend as well as attack both pace as well as spin. 

 

And has tremendous fighting ability. 

 

And has shown great game sense so far, batting with the tail. 

 

Can absolutely thrash top quicks.

 

What a find !

[express bowling]

Century !   

 

First of many more to come.