Sanjay Manjrekar on Rare Indian Batting Talent: In the Border-Gavaskar Test series being played between India and Australia, Team India, after winning the first Test and facing a crushing defeat in the second Test, is now preparing to make a comeback in the series at Gabba. Now for Team India, the World Test Championship is going on. Now it is necessary to win every match to reach the final, meanwhile Team India will have to go through a tough test in both its batting and bowling, meanwhile, just before the third test, cricketer turned commentator Sanjay Manjrekar Young Nitish has described Kumar Reddy as a “unique batting talent”.
Along with this, while talking about the difficulty regarding his place in the playing eleven, he said that the Indian team needs to intensify its bowling attack. This 21-year-old player can be the discovery of the series for India after the first two Tests of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy (IND vs AUS BGT 2024) series in Australia. When the Indian batting greats looked helpless in Perth and Adelaide, Nitish made headlines with his aggressive strokes and established himself in a different form.
In the first innings of the first match of the series, Nitish, who came to bat at number eight, soon realized that the pitch could do nothing for Nathan Lyon and he hit three fours in eight balls. Even though Nitish has only 942 runs to his name in first-class cricket, his average in 25 matches is only 23.55, but he has performed much better than his statistics suggest. Nitish’s accuracy and understanding of the game has helped him dismantle the Australian bowling unit without any trouble. Playing at number seven, Nitish scored 41 runs in the opening Test and 42 runs each in the first and second innings of the Adelaide Test.
“He’s got extraordinary batting talent, and you can see it,” Manjrekar told ESPNcricinfo. “Probably a batting talent that gets enhanced with high-quality bowling. He hasn’t scored a lot of runs in first-class cricket, but You can see rare batting talent in him.” However, he expressed his concern over the need to find the right balance for the Indian team after the Adelaide Test. The Indian fast bowler, known for his ability to take wickets at will, was outspoken while targeting the Australian batsmen.
Except Jasprit Bumrah, other fast bowlers did not perform well on most of the occasions. If the Indian management decides to include another fast bowler in the team, then Nitish can be made a scapegoat. With the possibility of playing him as an all-out batsman, Manjrekar feels it would be too risky and premature. But India will also have to think about the balance of the team. Along with solving the batting issues, India will also have to sharpen its bowling. Nitish has shown some shine this time. It’s a bit risky, but it’s too early,” he said.
