Nitish Kumar Reddy has embraced better prominence with the ball for Sunrisers Hyderabad within the nineteenth version of the Indian Premier League (IPL).
Having bowled simply 23.1 overs within the earlier three editions of the match, he has already delivered 13 overs in six video games in 2026.
The 22-year-old has made breakthroughs with the brand new ball, and likewise chipped in throughout the loss of life overs. He has completed all of this at faster speeds, having labored with pace-bowling coach Steffan Jones previous to the season on persistently hitting the 140kph mark.
The all-rounder’s ascent got here in for reward from SRH assistant coach James Franklin on Monday.
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“It’s nice to see Nitish play the best way he’s been enjoying up to now on this IPL. Final 12 months, he in all probability, by his personal admission, didn’t fairly play on the degree that he would anticipate. It was a very good studying 12 months for him. However we’ve seen him bounce again early on this version and hopefully he can preserve that kind all through,” the previous Kiwi cricketer noticed.
“The tempo is certainly up from final 12 months and the best way that he’s planning his overs, the best way that he’s sequencing his balls to the completely different batters is absolutely serving to him. He’s in a very good mind set in the intervening time,” he added.
Franklin additionally urged for endurance with the likes of Praful Hinge and Sakib Hussain. Praful started his IPL profession with a bang as he scalped 4 for 34 towards Rajasthan Royals, however was then hammered for 60 runs in 4 overs by Chennai Tremendous Kings.
“Praful will study from each expertise,” Franklin said.
Printed on Apr 20, 2026