‘India Name-Up Too Quickly’ – SRH Star Faces Scathing Criticism After IPL 2025 Failures
In IPL 2025, he has managed solely 131 runs in seven matches to date.
Former cricketer Sanjay Bangar feels that Nitish Kumar Reddy’s call-up to the Indian workforce may need come too early. The Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) all-rounder has been underneath hearth for his poor kind in Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025, particularly after scoring simply 19 runs off 21 balls towards Mumbai Indians on the Wankhede Stadium on Thursday.
Nitish Kumar Reddy had a terrific IPL season final 12 months, scoring 303 runs in 11 innings and enjoying a giant function for SRH. His robust efficiency earned him a spot in India’s T20I and Check groups. He did very well within the Border-Gavaskar sequence towards Australia, even scoring a century.
Nevertheless, since then, his kind has dipped. In IPL 2025, he has managed solely 131 runs in seven matches to date, with a low strike fee of 113.91, which has turn into a worrying signal for him.
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Talking at ESPNcricinfo earlier than the match, Former cricketer Sanjay Bangar mentioned that Nitish Kumar Reddy’s rise to the highest stage occurred too quick. He defined that whereas it’s attainable to begin properly in worldwide cricket, batters want sufficient first-class expertise to construct the precise temperament. Bangar identified that Reddy has performed solely round 15–20 first-class matches, which isn’t sufficient to totally perceive his sport. He referred to as it an overachievement and mentioned Reddy is now combating expectations with out being a completely developed participant.
“The expectations and the way you cope with expectations is a giant factor as a result of anyone can have a terrific begin to first-class or to a world profession. However for a batter, I feel it’s all the extra essential that you’ve got spent a whole lot of time in first-class cricket earlier than you graduate to larger achievements. And as a batter, you require that temperament,” Sanjay Bangar mentioned.
“So for Reddy, I feel it has occurred method too quick. Even his first-class numbers, I’m not precisely certain how they’re, however it was a rare overachievement in that regard. He’s in all probability performed 15 or 20 first-class matches in Australia, and that’s not sufficient for a batter to know his sport. So clearly, it’s a case of coping with expectations regardless of not being a very completed product,” he added.
Nitish Kumar Reddy nonetheless has seven extra matches left within the season to regain his kind. He hasn’t been at his greatest to date and will likely be eager to ship robust performances within the upcoming video games.
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