Nitish Reddy takes hattrick in SMAT 2025 (X.com/@srhorangearmy)
On Friday, the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025 Super League saw Nitish Kumar Reddy rattling the Madhya Pradesh squad with his invaluable hat-trick. Defending a paltry 113, Reddy's hat-trick could prove to be priceless, as he puts Madhya Pradesh on the back foot early on in their chase.
Reddy removes core of MP including Rajat Patidar for maiden T20 hat-trick
Playing for Andhra Reddy got rid of Harsh Gawali, Harpreet Singh and Rajat Patidar to bag his maiden T20 hat-trick in the premium T20 league.
The right-arm medium pacer began his destruction by removing Gawli, before having Bhatia caught behind. Soon, Nitish Kumar Reddy completed his hat-trick when RCB captain Patidar chopped one onto his stumps.
Nitish Reddy also had a decent run with the bat, finishing as the second-highest run-scorer for his team. Although he played a slow-paced 25-run knock off 27 deliveries, his contributions helped Andhra reach a defendable 112-run total before they were bowled out. Notably, before his hat-trick, Nitish had taken only 8 wickets from 37 T20 games, with a best of 2/17.
Chouhan and Batham pull things back together to claim 4-wicket win
Reddy's brilliant bowling goes in vain as Madhya Pradesh's batting duo of Rishabh Chouhan and Rahul Batham's 73-run partnership saves the day. Despite getting the worst start to their run chase, Rajat Patidar-led MP claimed a 4-wicket in just 17.3 overs, as Rishabh Chouhan ended his innings with 47 off 43.
Moreover, two stellar bowling performances stood out from this game. In the first innings, Shivam Shukla’s three-wicket maiden helped MP bundle out AP for a paltry 112.
Eventually, the Sunrisers Hyderabad all-rounder Nitish Reddy finished his haul with a 17 for 3 in three overs.
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