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Nitish Kumar Reddy gave a great start to Andhra Pradesh by taking a hat-trick against Madhya Pradesh in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Batting first, his team was reduced to just 112 runs, in such a situation his hat-trick scattered the top order of Madhya Pradesh and made his team make a comeback. However, even after this Andhra lost the match.
In this match played at DY Patil College Ground, Madhya Pradesh captain Rajat Patidar won the toss and decided to bowl first. Wicket-keeper batsman Shrikar Bharat played an inning of 39 runs in 31 balls, but other opener Ashwin Hebbar could not even open his account. Shaik Rashid, who came at number three, was also out on zero. Then Nitish Kumar Reddy, coming at number four, made a partnership of 50 runs with Bharat. Reddy scored 25 runs, but after the break of this pair, the coming batsmen could not do anything special.
Nitish Kumar Reddy took a hat-trick
Batting first, Andhra Pradesh scored only 112 runs. The target was small for Madhya Pradesh, but Nitish Kumar Reddy’s hat-trick made the match even for Andhra. Reddy took the wicket of Harsh Gawli on the fourth ball of the third over, he scored 5 runs. This was the first wicket of Madhya Pradesh. On his next ball, he got the new batsman Harpreet Singh Bhatia caught out. Reddy bowled captain Rajat Patidar on the last ball of the over.
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Moment of sheer brilliance by Nitish Kumar Reddy as he completed a superb hat-trick against Madhya Pradesh in the Super League Stage in Pune 👏#SMAT , @IDFCFIRSTBank , @NKReddy07 pic.twitter.com/3iv0wo1kFI
— BCCI Domestic (@BCCIDomestic) December 12, 2025
Madhya Pradesh team won by 4 wickets
After Nitish’s hat-trick, the pressure on the Madhya Pradesh team had increased; despite the small target, the team was in danger of defeat. After this, Venkatesh Iyer also returned to the pavilion after scoring 22 runs. Then Rishabh Chauhan and Rahul Batham made a partnership of 73 runs and took the team to the threshold of victory. Madhya Pradesh achieved the target in 17.3 overs and won by 4 wickets.