Irfan Pathan on Nitish Kumar Reddy: During the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, former Indian cricketers Sanjay Manjrekar and Irfan Pathan analyzed the brilliant innings of Washington Sundar, Nitish Kumar Reddy and explained the importance of their partnership. Speaking exclusively on Star Sports, former Indian cricketer Irfan Pathan stressed the importance of the partnership between Washington Sundar and Nitish Kumar Reddy and said that it has never happened in the history of Indian cricket that the No. 8 and 9 batsmen have scored more than 300. Have played more balls.
Irfan Pathan said, “That half chance came when Washington Sundar played a shot down the leg side as the ball was pitching outside the leg stump, a mark came from the bat and Smith was standing ready in the slip. Also when you see it , So this was not a chance at all. The biggest thing is that it has never happened in the history that the number 8 and 9 batsman has played more than 300 balls. The brilliant partnership is the reason why India is still alive in this Test, because if these two had not played 300 balls, Australia would have dominated.”
Irfan Pathan further said, “We would have been talking about how Australia would be eager to finish the game on the fourth day itself, but these players changed the situation. One played with aggression and composure, the other played with patience.” The pairing of these two was commendable and their running between the wickets was amazing. As soon as they played the ball lightly, they would start hitting boundaries and keep rotating the strike. “
Former Indian cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar also talked about the brilliant innings of Nitish Kumar Reddy and said, “Both (Washington Sundar and Nitish Kumar Reddy) play T20 cricket. Actually, Nitish was retained by his franchise in IPL, but His hunger for Test cricket is still alive and he scored 22 runs in 16 overs and he knew that he could not lose his wicket. When I see these things in modern cricketers, I feel that Indian cricket is in safe hands.”
Sanjay Manjrekar further said, “Test cricket always seems to be an old-fashioned format and our new-age boys are yearning for Test match success. Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Washington Sundar and now Nitish Kumar Reddy, the way they Nitish Kumar Reddy’s first-class average of balls pitched outside the off is 22 but the depth he has shown in his batting today, I don’t think I have seen a more experienced player than him. Is.”
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