Kaki Nitish Kumar Reddy (born 26 May 2003) is an Indian

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er. He made his first-class debut on 27 January 2020, for

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in the 2019–20 Ranji Trophy. He made his List A debut on 20 February 2021, for Andhra in the 2020–21 Vijay Hazare Trophy. He made his

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debut on 4 November 2021, for Andhra in the

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. He was bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs.20 Lakh, in the 2023 Indian Premier League auction.

Early life and career

Nitish Kumar Reddy was born on 26 May 2003 in

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Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...

, and is the son of former Hindustan Zinc employee Mutyala Reddy. Nitish 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, Nitish visited VDCA camps and initially trained under coaches Kumara swamy, Krishna Rao and Watekar. Nitish 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”. Nitish was spotted by former Indian Cricketer and selector MSK Prasad during Under-12 and Under-14 age group matches and got picked up to train in the ACA academy in

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under the coaching of Madhusudhana Reddy and Srinivasa Rao. He followed this up with a trailblazing season scoring 441 against Nagaland, the quadruple ton coming in just 345 deliveries and ending up with 1237 runs at an average of 176.41, a tournament record, along with 26 wickets in the 2017-18

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Trophy.This fetched him the BCCI ‘Best Cricketer in the Under -16’

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award for the season 2017-2018. Nitish is the first player of Andhra Cricket Association who got the BCCI award.

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* 2003 births Living people Indian cricketers Andhra cricketers Place of birth missing (living people) {{India-cricket-bio-2000s-stub