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Nitish Kumar Reddy: A record-breaker in age-group cricket, best under-16 cricketer and now an IPL star Nitish Kumar Reddy of Sunrisers Hyderabad play a shot. (PTI) In his early teens, Nitish worshipped India’s batting maestro Virat Kohli as he dominated a top-order batting role for Andhra in age-group cricket. Nitish’s breakout year was the 2017-18 season, where he rewrote the record books in the Vijay Merchant Trophy. Nitish cracked 1,237 runs at an astounding average of 176.41 — the highest aggregate in the history of the tournament. Astonishingly, his run streak included a triple hundred, two centuries, two fifties and a 366-ball 441 against Nagaland. Nitish was adjudged the ‘Best Cricketer in the Under-16’ category by the BCCI at the annual award function in 2018, when he chanced upon his batting idol, Virat. (READ MORE) Source link