India National Cricket Team young batting all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy got out in a bizarre manner during the second Test of the five-match series against the England National Cricket Team.
Nitish Kumar Reddy suffered from a brain-fade and let the England National Cricket Team pacer Chris Woakes rip the stumps apart at Headingley in Leeds on Wednesday, July 2.
Nitish Kumar Reddy falls for 1
The young all-rounder Reddy made his comeback to the Indian Test team after missing out on the previous game against England at Headingley in Leeds.
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India preferred to go with Shardul Thakur as the pace-bowling all-rounder in that match, and the Mumbai veteran was unable to make a big impact across all four innings.
The Gautam Gambhir-led team management was quick to make a big move and drop Shardul Thakur for the second Test, making way for Nitish Kumar Reddy in the playing XI.
Reddy was given the opportunity to bat at No.6 with Karun Nair being promoted to No.3 as Sai Sudharsan was axed. The 22-year-old all-rounder came out to bat after the dismissal of Rishabh Pant in the 61st over and got dismissed in the next over itself.
On the fourth ball of the 62nd over, veteran pacer Chris Woakes bowled a good length ball outside off-stump to Nitish Kumar Reddy, who suffered a brain-fade, thinking there was no threat to the stumps.
Nitish Kumar Reddy offered no shot to that delivery and the ball shaped in sharply to rattle his stumps. The all-rounder was dismissed for 1 run off 6 balls.
Watch: Nitish Kumar Reddy castled by Chris Woakes
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Chris Woakes clean bowls Nitish Kumar Reddy for 1️⃣
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Woakes was superb with the new ball – Stuart Broad
Speaking on Sky Sports, the legendary pacer Stuart Broad lauded Chris Woakes for his brilliant new ball spell. He said:
“I think it was really good Test cricket, with India probably the happier of the two sides as England had to bowl two really good balls to get wickets. Woakes was superb with the new ball – he could easily have had three-for if some decisions had gone his way. No batter has thrown his wicket away and England have had to work hard and show their skill.
“There is a bit of seam and a bit through the air – the pitch can be slow here before quickening up with the sun shining on it.”
Also, speaking ahead of the match, Stuart Broad said that the English team would look to deliver a better performance with the ball in the second Test. He said:
“Well, they won the toss and bowled it Headingley and maybe didn’t get it quite right with the lengths over pitch slightly, so I think the bowling attack have got a great chance again to work together, to grow, to communicate, to adapt to conditions as quickly as they possibly can and Chris Wokes leading that, you know, no better person, played all his career here at Edgbaston.
“So they’ll be looking to be slightly better with the ball, but they also found times to blow India’s tail away, which was brilliant but yeah, weren’t perfect at Headingley but 1-0 up.”
