Delhi: After winning the toss of Ben Stokes at Lord’s, in front of the first batting decision, India’s regular bowlers were struggling for the wicket. In such a situation, suddenly Nitish Reddy’s bowling came to the fore. Actually, whenever Nitish Reddy was discussed, he happened for his batting. The biggest proof of this is that in 6 Tests played before Lords, he took 5 wickets in a total of 50 overs.

The captain was just calling for bowling only when all the options are over or only regular bowlers have to rest. In such a situation, in the role of an all -rounder, Nitish Reddy took two wickets on the first day of the Lord’s Test and proved that he could include him in the bowling scheme.

Why Nitish cannot see as an all -rounder

Despite this, Nitish Reddy still does not have much votes to count an all -rounder and the reason for his bowling is not lacking, it is thinking that there is no other all -rounder in the team other than Jadeja. He did not pay attention to his bowling. The wicket of both openers in the same over at Lord’s opened the way to put pressure on England.

A few months ago, bowling for 100 in Australia Tour, bowled even more on the backfoot, but the truth is that the team management counted him a batting-all-rounder. Even then, in the Edgbaston Test, Shubman Gill gave him only 6 overs in the first innings and not a single in the second innings.

It is expected that this image will change after the Lord’s Test. 22 -year -old Nitish has responded to critics who were not counting them all -rounders. Present in Lord’s, Anil Kumble said play regularly in Nitish Test team, ‘I was surprised to see Nitish’s best bowling. Put the ball at the right place continuously and kept the England batsmen stopped.

Necessary tips received from Pat Cummins

The benefit for Nitish was that while playing in the IPL for Sunrisers Hyderabad, he got the necessary tips from his captain Pat Cummins. After this, the bowling coach Morne Morkel worked on him on the existing tour and took his interest in bringing him as a bowler. Morkel’s most special advice was to keep your ball working hard on both sides of swing on both sides.

By the way, Team India’s similar attempt to make Stuart Binny a Test all -rounder has been flopped, but Nitish’s record is advocating his bowling talent. The 2023/24 Ranji Trophy has the highest wicket for Andhra Pradesh (25) with 5 wickets against Mumbai. Therefore, it was repeatedly said that they can be the fourth pace for the team, only needs to be developed properly. England’s performance in 17 overs in the first innings at Lord’s will give him a special confidence in the discussion of an all-rounder.

With hard work and right fitness on his bowling for the last one or two years, he is ready to convert the image of the batsman into a batting-all-rounder. At this time, the team needs all -rounders who bowl fast and even today there is talk of feeding Hardik Pandya. Now Nitish Reddy only has to improve the bowling record in every format of cricket and the most important is the captain’s counting bowler who takes him wicket, not just a job bowler.