[In Pictures] Nitish Kumar Reddy celebrates Halloween ahead of India A team's Australia series
Indian all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy recently shared pictures of himself celebrating Halloween. He is part of the India A squad for the upcoming Australia series. The Ruturaj Gaikwad-led side is set to take on Australia A in two first-class matches.
The India A team have landed in Australia ahead of the matches. Amid the Halloween season, a few Indian players celebrated the festival by donning interesting Halloween costumes.
Sharing a few pictures on his Instagram handle, Nitish gave fans a glimpse of his and Khaleel Ahmed and Manav Suthar's Halloween looks. He captioned the post:
"Hello! Halloween night! 🎃💀"
Nitish Kumar Reddy made his Team India debut earlier this month during the Men in Blue's three-match home T20I series against Bangladesh. He stole the show with a stunning 74-run knock and an impressive bowling spell of 4-0-23-2.
It is worth mentioning that Nitish earned his maiden India call-up for the upcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 series against Australia. The talented youngster will now be seen in action during India A's series against Australia A.
The two matches will be played in Mackay and Melbourne, respectively. The India A side will also face India's senior team in a three-day intra-squad match ahead of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25.
"You could have waited for at least one India A match" - MSK Prasad on Nitish Kumar Reddy's selection for Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25
Former Indian selector MS Prasad shared his thoughts on Nitish Reddy's selection for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. He opined that the selection committee should have waited for India A's first match against Australia A before picking Kumar.
He also spoke about how veteran batter Cheteshwar Pujara would have been a valuable addition to the Indian squad for the crucial series. Prasad said to PTI (via Sports Tak):
"Pujara just scored a double hundred in the Ranji Trophy. He brings that experience and solidity which the Indian team requires in Australia. I feel, if they had to pick Nitish Reddy, you could have waited for at least one India A match and taken it from thereon."
India's squad for Australia Test series: Rohit Sharma (C), Jasprit Bumrah (VC), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant (WK), Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel (WK), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep, Prasidh Krishna, Harshit Rana, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar.
Traveling reserves: Mukesh Kumar, Navdeep Saini, Khaleel Ahmed.