Nitish Kumar Reddy is playing in the first ODI against Australia today, this is his debut ODI match. In the India vs Australia first ODI being played at Optus Stadium, Perth, Mitchell Marsh has won the toss and decided to bowl first. Before the toss, Rohit Sharma handed over the debut cap to all-rounder Nitish Kumar, during which Rohit hugged him.

Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are playing an international match for the first time today after the Champions Trophy final. Fans were waiting for a long time to see both of them on the field. Talking about Nitish Kumar Reddy, Virat Kohli gave him the debut cap in Test, today Rohit Sharma gave him this cap in ODI.

Nitish Kumar Reddy received the Test Cap from Kohli in 2024 at Perth.

Nitish Kumar Reddy received the ODI Cap from Rohit in 2025 at Perth. pic.twitter.com/WHbsBOEn2n

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India’s playing 11

Shubman Gill (captain), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, KL Rahul (wicket keeper), Washington Sundar, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj.

A day he will never forget!

It’s a special moment for debutant Nitish Kumar Reddy, who receives his ODI cap from Rohit Sharma

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Nitish Kumar Reddy was part of the India vs England Test series, but due to injury he was out of the fourth Test and has returned to India. A case of fraud has been registered against him here. According to the report of India Today, Talent Management firm Square the One in Bangalore has filed a legal case against Nitish. In this, the Indian cricketer has been accused that he has not paid more than Rs 5 crore. This case is in court and its hearing will be held in Delhi High Court on July 28.

News18 Cricketnext contacted Shiv Dhawan, director of Square the One Private Limited. He confirmed the details available in the public domain, but refrained from commenting, citing the case being under consideration in the court.

Dispute between Nitish Kumar Reddy and his former agency

According to reports, there was a dispute between Nitish Kumar Reddy and his former management agency Square the One, this board is being told during the Gavaskar Trophy. After this, the Indian cricketer took the help of a cricketer and took a contract from the new management agency, while he had a 3 -year contract with Square The One.

TV 9 Bharatvarsha, citing reports, said that Nitish Kumar Reddy is also ready to go to court. He has refused to give money to the agency. He claims that the agency had no role in achieving endorsement deal, he himself achieved it. However, Nitish has not yet given any official statement on this.

Nitish Reddy performs in India vs England Test series

22 -year -old Nitish Kumar played 2 matches in the ongoing Test series against England, he played the second (Birmingham) and the third (Lord’s) Test. In Birmingham, he was unsuccessful with both bat and ball. After this, due to injury in practice, he was out of the entire series before the fourth Test. See both batting and bowling performance in both Tests.

• Birmingham: Batting- 2 runs (1+1), bowling- 0/29
• Lords: Batting- 43 runs (30+13), bowling- 2/62 and 1/20.

Fast bowler Arshdeep Singh is out of the fourth Test and Nitish Kumar Reddy is out of the entire series due to injury. BCCI has announced the updated squad. Anshul Kamboj has been included in the team. India is 1-2 backward in the 5-match series. The fourth Test will be played from July 23, which is like ‘do or die’ for Shubman Gill & Team.

The BCCI said in an official statement about Nitish Reddy, “All -rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy is out of the remaining two Test matches due to the left knee injury. Nitish will return to India soon. The team wishes for him to get well soon.”

Arshdeep Singh out of fourth Test

BCCI said in its statement about Arshdeep Singh, “Arshdeep Singh is out of the fourth Test match against England in Manchester. His left thumb was hurt while bowling on the nets during a training session in Bekenham. BCCI’s medical teams are keeping an eye on him.”

Arshdeep Singh has also got stitches, it was believed that in the absence of Jaspreet Bumrah, he could get a chance to debut in the fourth Test. Now it is possible that Bumrah played in the fourth Test unlike the plan.

Team India’s updated squad for the fourth Test

Shubman Gill (Captain), Rishabh Pant (Vice -captain and wicketkeeper), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudarshan, Abhimanyu Ishwar, Karun Nair, Rabindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurlel (wicketkeeper), Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Jaspreet Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, famous Krishna Deep, Akash Deepo, Akash Deepo.

The fourth Test between India and England will be played from July 23 at the Old Trafford Cricket Ground in Manchester. According to the Indian time, the match will start at 3:30 pm, the toss will take place at 3 pm. The live broadcast of the match will be on Sony Sports Network. Live streaming will be on the geographstar app and website.

Team India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir dropped Shardul Thakur from the team after the first Test match against England. After this, in the second Test match, he included Nitish Reddy in the team. But Nitish could not do anything special in Birmingham. But Gambhir expressed confidence in him. He also gave him a chance to play in Lord’s Test. Nitish has lived on the confidence of Gambhir. In a single over, he sent both England openers to the pavilion and gave the team a tremendous start.

Let us know that the third match of the five -match Test series between India and England is being played at Lord’s Cricket Ground from Thursday. England captain Ben Stokes has decided to bat first after winning the toss.

Bumrah-Akash Deep and Siraj fail, Nitish did wonders

Jasprit Bumrah and Akash Deep started bowling for India. Both bowled brilliantly. Both bowlers were very upset to England’s openers Ben Docket and Jack Croly, but they failed to take wickets. After this, Siraj also came from the other end, but he too could not get India success. Not a single wicket of England had fallen for 13 overs, he scored 39 runs.

After this, captain Gill handed the ball to Nitish after drinks. Nitish sent both the openers to the pavilion in the first over. He first took a big wicket in the form of Docket, who took away Team India’s victory in the first match. After this, he also showed Croly to the pavilion. After which England’s score increased to 44/2.

The series is on 1-1 par

The five-match Test series between India and England is currently 1-1. England took the lead in the series by defeating India in Leeds. After this, in the second match, India won the series by winning in Birmingham.

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