SMAT: ‘No matter what, you have to give your best,’ says Reddy after picking hat-trick
Pune, Dec 13 (LatestNewsX) – Indian all‑rounder and seam bowler Nitish Kumar Reddy made headlines for Andhra when he scooped a hat‑trick in the Super League phase of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Reddy said that whenever you step onto the field, you need to give everything, and that just delivering a solid performance makes him feel happy.
The hat‑trick came at DY Patil Academy Ground in Ambi, where Reddy dismissed three wickets for Madhya Pradesh, finishing with his best Twenty‑20 figures of 3‑17, although the match turned out in favour of the opposition.
“It’s never an easy tournament to play – Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. It’s always been a top league as well. So you have to give your best, no matter what. This is my first hat‑trick in senior age group and one I have got before, but it’s a pretty same feeling,” Reddy told reporters.
“I mean, I always feel happy when I perform for my state or any team. So giving my best is what I can do and I am feeling so proud,” said Reddy in a video posted by the BCCI on their domestic cricket social media accounts on Saturday.
Reddy’s three‑ball spell struck down Harsh Gawli, Harpreet Bhatia and Rajat Patidar in the opening over of the innings. He went on to emphasise how critical planning, confidence and execution were in helping him claim the haul. “I believed that on the third ball, I have to get my scrambled ball to come in very sharply. It came in and you can see that inside edge – that’s what happened.”
“Once we faced them in Ranji Trophy qualifiers, and that time I got him out similarly. I guess it was a bowled dismissal – going through the bat‑pad gap. I was trying to do the same thing, but this time it was a bit short. But the movement was pretty similar. I mean, it came a little bit in, and the inside edge I got was pretty good.”
“The plan was to hit it top of off stump and if I could get some movement from there, it would be good enough. I got some movement from there and that’s where I got my 3 wickets. I tried to bowl into the wicket and I got the first ball to hit the top of off stump, and second ball, scrambled one, going a little bit away and did enough to get the edge. The third one was also a scrambled one and it did very much enough to take the inside edge,” he concluded.
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