Those who once used to make fun… today… the unlucky cricketer is in pain after missing his debut.

New Delhi. The Indian cricket team is currently on a tour of Zimbabwe. Nitish Kumar Reddy was also selected in Team India for this tour. This promising cricketer was celebrating his selection in the national team for the first time. Hearing the news of his son being selected in the national team, the father’s eyes filled with tears while the mother also became emotional. But unfortunately, Nitish suffered sports hernia before the start of Zimbabwe tour and he missed the debut. Nitish’s father left his job to make his son a cricketer. Then people said a lot of good and bad things to them, but today the same people are now inviting father and son to their house for dinner.

21 year old Nitish Kumar Reddy, born in Andhra Pradesh, plays as an all-rounder. This talented cricketer performed brilliantly for Sunrisers Hyderabad in the 17th season of IPL 2024. He was awarded the Emerging Player Award in the last IPL. In an exclusive conversation with ‘News 18 Cricket Next’, Nitish Reddy spoke openly on many issues. He told that after getting the call from Team India, there was a celebratory atmosphere in his family.

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‘Father started crying with happiness’
Nitish Reddy said, ‘I was hoping to get a chance in the Zimbabwe series. When I got the call I didn’t know what to do. I called my father straight away and he started crying. Tears of happiness started coming out of his eyes. Even my mother was very happy. Unfortunately, due to injury I am not a part of the Zimbabwe tour. But this is part of an athlete’s life. Whatever happens, you have to accept it. If you ask me, this is not something I can stop at. There are still many matches to come. I want to concentrate. I don’t want to discourage myself. I want to focus on the future. let bygones be bygones. We can’t change it, can we?’

‘If we have to tell the whole story, it will take 2-3 hours’
When Nitish was eight years old, his father was posted in Rajasthan. He decided to leave his government job and stay in Andhra to fulfill his son’s ambitions. It was not easy for Reddy Sr. to take this step, but a father put his son’s future and ambition ahead of his own. The right-handed batsman said that if I had to tell the whole story, it would take 2-3 hours.

‘People said… then how will we manage everything here’
According to Nitish Reddy, ‘My father later resigned from his job. At that time I was just starting my career and was going to the academy in a few weeks. Then he decided to stay here. He was transferred to Rajasthan and had to stay there. People said that if he went to Rajasthan, how would he manage everything here? So my father decided to stay here and continue working with me. From that day on, it became his job to take care of me. In fact, he still does this today. I am very happy that I am seeing some progress in my game and I am making him proud. A son could not ask for anything more than this from his father.

‘Happy that father is getting his lost respect back’
Now the sacrifice and hard work of Nitish’s father Mutyala is bearing fruit. Now he will soon play for Team India. People who used to make fun of him have now changed their attitude towards him, so much so that they are now inviting the Reddy family for dinner at their home. Nitish said, ‘Amidst so much criticism, my father somehow believed that my son would earn a big name. People who used to make fun of him now praise my father or invite me and my father for dinner. Very happy that my father is also getting his lost respect back.

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