nitish kumar reddy has played some good innings with the bat for Team india so far in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25. Being an all-rounder, reddy could not make much of an impact with the ball. Now nitish kumar may be dropped in the next Boxing Day Test to be played in Melbourne. The report came out and it was told that Team india can go with two spinners in Melbourne.
A report published in the Times of india said that Team india can include two spinners in the playing XI in melbourne, due to which nitish kumar reddy may be dropped. Earlier, in the third Test of the series played at Gabba in Brisbane, india played a spinner in the form of ravindra Jadeja. The report said that washington sundar can replace nitish kumar reddy as the second spinner in the melbourne Test. There is no official information about this change yet.
Why can Team india go with two spinners?
The report said that the grass pitch can dry up under the hot sun, due to which a plan can be made to bring Sundar in the playing eleven. rohit sharma did not give any clear answer about the playing eleven in the press conference. The indian captain said in the press conference, "We will do whatever we have to do to make the best eleven in this condition. Whether it is playing an additional spinner or not."
nitish kumar Reddy's performance so far
nitish kumar reddy, who has played three Tests in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy so far, has scored 179 runs at an average of 44.75 while batting in 5 innings. He is at number four in the list of batsmen who have scored the most runs in the series. Apart from this, while bowling, Nitish has taken 7 wickets in 3 matches at an average of 41.00.
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