What happened to Nitish Kumar Reddy? (PC-GETTY IMAGES)
Nitish Reddy is considered an alternative to Hardik Pandya but this player keeps struggling with injuries more than playing in the field. Now a big revelation has come on Nitish Reddy’s injury. It is being claimed that Team India management forced Nitish Reddy to bowl fast continuously. Team India wants Nitish Reddy to cover the distance of Hardik Pandya by about 140 km. Bowl at a pace per hour. This is why Reddy worked with bowling coach Stephen Jones to increase his bowling speed. But this decision of Nitish Reddy became a problem for him.
Nitish Reddy is being forced!
According to the report of Times of India Nitish Reddy To increase his bowling speed, he took the help of a foreign coach. He kept trying to bowl fast balls in every net session with Team India, which resulted in losses. Nitish Reddy had to gradually increase his pace. He should not have practiced fast bowling continuously in every session but this player did this to fulfill the demand of Team India and now he is out of the team due to injury.
Messing with Akash Deep too!
Another fast bowler of Team India, Akash Deep, is also being played with. Akash Deep never used to get injured but after returning from injury in last year’s IPL, he played two consecutive Test matches and after that he got injured. Akash Deep suffered hamstring injury. He recovered and was allowed to play domestic cricket. He played Ranji Trophy for Bengal but suffered a stress fracture after the defeat in the semi-finals. Questions are being raised on the recovery pattern of Akash Deep. Somehow this player’s injury did not heal properly and Akash Deep was allowed to play and then he got injured. However, Team India captain Shubman Gill is also continuously suffering from hamstring injury. His muscles get strained while playing every big innings. This also raises question marks on the Center of Excellence.
