Nitish Kumar Reddy

Kaki Nitish Kumar Reddy (; born 26 May 2003) is an Indian international cricketer. He plays for the India national team in all three formats: as an all-rounder, who bats right-handed and bowls right-arm medium fast. He represents Andhra in domestic cricket and Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League.

Early life and career Reddy was born on 26 May 2003 in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, and is the son of former Hindustan Zinc employee Mutyala Reddy.

Reddy started playing cricket at the age of 5 with a plastic bat and would regularly visit the Hindustan Zinc grounds to watch seniors play cricket. With support from his father, who quit his job when he was transferred to Udaipur, to help his son pursue a cricket career, Reddy visited VDCA camps and initially trained under coaches Kumara swamy, Krishna Rao and Watekar.

Reddy said of his father's decision: "I was 12 or 13 when my dad quit his job. He was transferred to Udaipur. He analysed the cricket there and was afraid of the politics that might affect my game. He quit his job and dedicated his time to my game. Relatives questioned his decisions. He is the first person who believed in me". He had a breakout performance in the 2024 season, where he won the Emerging Player of the Year Award by scoring 303 runs with strike rate of 142 with crucial knocks against Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals and also picked up 3 wickets in the tournament showcasing his talent and consistency throughout the tournament. He was subsequently retained by SRH in the 2025 IPL Auction for Rs. 6 crores.

International career

Reddy made his T20I debut against Bangladesh in a 3 match series on 6 October 2024 at Gwalior and scored 16 runs off 15 balls while chasing. He came to the limelight in the 2nd match of the series, held at Delhi on 9 October 2024, where he scored 74 runs off 35 balls with a strike rate of 217. In the same match, he bowled with figures of 2/23, taking 2 wickets including Mahmudullah, and was awarded player of the match. With his performance in the series he was named in the squad of Border–Gavaskar Trophy.

Reddy debuted in Test cricket for India on 22 November 2024, in Perth, during the Border–Gavaskar Trophy series.

In December 2024 (BGT), he scored the first ever century by a No.8 Indian batter in Australia.