SRH's Nitish Reddy smokes his maiden IPL fifty: Details
What's the story
Nitish Reddy played a stunning knock for Sunrisers Hyderabad in Match 23 of the 2024 Indian Premier League (IPL) against Punjab Kings in Chandigarh.
He showcased remarkable character amid the tough circumstances and ended up scoring 64 off just 37 balls.
It was his maiden IPL fifty, that was laced with four boundaries and five maximums.
Here are further details.
Knock
An innings of character from Reddy
Reddy arrived with the scorecard reading 27/2.
As Abhishek Sharma and Rahul Tripathi could not support him much, SRH were further reduced to 64/4.
Reddy led his side's fightback with his attacking approach.
He was involved in a fiery 50-run stand with Abdul Samad. Reddy, who hit Harpreet Brar for 22 runs in an over, eventually fell to Arshdeep Singh.
Stats
Maiden fifty for Reddy
Reddy, who managed just 14 runs off his first 18 balls, made 50 off his final 19 deliveries.
This was the maiden fifty for the 20-year-old Reddy as he has now raced to 78 runs across four games, striking at 173.33.
Meanwhile, this was also Reddy's maiden half-century in T20 cricket.
The Andhra Pradesh star now owns 170 runs across nine T20 matches.
Summary
SRH post a strong total
Riding on Reddy's brilliance, SRH posted a substantial 182/9 in their allotted 20 overs.
Besides Reddy, Samad (25) and Travis Head (21) were the only ones to score over 20. Shahbaz Ahmed made a crucial seven-ball 14*.
Arshdeep was the pick of the PBKS bowlers as he claimed 4/29.
Sam Curran and Harshal Patel took two wickets apiece.