Nitish Reddy bowled brilliantly on the first day of Lord’s Test (Photo- PTI)
In Lord’s Test against England, all -rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy bowled deadly and dismissed both England openers in a single over. He dismissed Ben Docket first in his first over of this match. Docket scored 23 runs in this match. After this, he also showed Jack Crolee back to the pavilion. Crowley was able to score only 18 runs. After the first day’s play was over, the Indian all -rounder praised Australian team captain Pat Cummins and India’s bowling coach Morne Morkel. According to him, their bowling has improved due to both these players.
Nitish Kumar Reddy made a big statement
After the end of the first day’s play, Nitish Kumar Reddy said, ‘After the tour of Australia, it seemed that I need to improve my bowling and perform brilliantly. Cummins is my IPL captain and when we were in Australia, he gave me some important tips. He also told me how you should bowl in Australia. This was a big experience for me. Cummins supported me a lot.
The young player further said, ‘Morne Morkel has done a lot of work in my bowling. When my ball started swinging on both sides, I only wanted to bowl well everywhere. We worked on it. I have been doing a lot of work on my bowling in the last 1 to 2 years. I would like to thank Morne Morkel too. Let me tell you, in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy played against Australia, Nitish Kumar Reddy took only five wickets at an average of 38 in the 5 Test match. He has taken two wickets in England so far and he will be expected to bowl strongly.
Learn about the first day’s game
England have scored 251 runs losing four wickets till the end of the first day’s play. Executive batsman Joe Root has scored 99 runs not out for host England, while captain Ben Stokes has given him a brilliant manner. Ben Stokes is playing on 39 runs not out. Oli Pope contributed 44 runs while Harry Brook was dismissed on a personal score of 11 runs. Apart from Nitish Kumar Reddy from Team India, Jaspreet Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja have taken 1-1 wickets. The second day of the game will be important for both teams.
