All-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy is prone to get his maiden Check cap for the primary Check of the Border Gavaskar Trophy beginning in Perth from Friday because the Indian workforce administration is prone to play him as fourth seamer. Perth’s Optus Stadium is predicted to have bounce and carry and Reddy may very well be the appropriate match to shore up the quick bowling division.
Jasprit Bumrah, the vice-captain, set to steer the workforce in Rohit Sharma’s absence, Mohammed Siraj, Harshit Rana, Aakash Deep and Prasidh Krishna are the quick bowlers within the squad. Mohammed Shami, who made a comeback in Ranji Trophy after an ankle damage, is just not a part of the squad.
With Hardik Pandya not within the Check squad, Reddy is the one pace-bowling all-rounder within the workforce for the five-match Check collection.
Shardul Thakur, who had featured in India’s earlier tour of Australia has fallen down the pecking order.
In the course of the pre-departure press convention, coach Gambhir stated: “The choice to select Reddy forward of Shardul can also be about shifting ahead. I feel we’ve picked the perfect squad who can do the job for us. Everyone knows how extremely gifted Nitish Reddy is and if given an possibility, he’ll ship for us.”
The Andhra Pradesh batting-all-rounder has performed 21 first-class video games and has hit one century, two fifties and brought 56 wickets. He additionally impressed whereas enjoying for Sunrisers Hyderabad throughout the IPL.
