Nitish Kumar Reddy Age, Stats, Test Century and IPL Career

Who is Nitish Kumar Reddy?

Kaki Nitish Kumar Reddy is an Indian cricketer born in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, on 26 May 2003. He bats right-handed and bowls right-arm medium-fast. Both skills have substantive senior records, which supports the all-rounder label used by ICC, IPL and Sunrisers Hyderabad.

Reddy represents Andhra in domestic cricket, India internationally and SRH in the IPL. Those memberships belong to one player record but use different competition scopes. His Test runs cannot be added to first-class runs, and his IPL wickets cannot be inserted into T20I figures.

Age, birth date and all-round role

Reddy was 23 years old on 20 August 2026. His birth date is fixed, while the age is paired with a review date because it changes each May. Official profiles agree that he is a right-handed batter and right-arm medium-fast bowler.

An all-rounder contributes in both disciplines, but batting and bowling still require separate measurement. The January 2026 Test row records 396 runs and eight wickets; neither number can stand in for the other or guarantee the same balance in every playing XI.

Development through Andhra cricket

Reddy developed through Andhra's age-group and senior pathway before establishing a larger role in franchise cricket. His first-class snapshot through January 2026 records 36 matches, 1,327 runs and 66 wickets, with two hundreds and two five-wicket innings.

That record provides a broader all-round sample than his international career. Tests sit inside first-class cricket, so the 10 Test appearances and their runs and wickets are already contained within the 36-match first-class line.

IPL breakthrough in 2024

Reddy received an extended SRH run in IPL 2024 and scored 303 runs from 13 matches at a strike rate of 142.92. The official IPL profile also highlights a match-winning 2/17 that included the wickets of Rishabh Pant and Tristan Stubbs.

The season established more than a nominal secondary skill: he contributed a meaningful batting volume and delivered important overs. The 303 runs and 2/17 remain parts of the 2024 competition, not figures to add again to his wider T20 career.

IPL Emerging Player award

The IPL named Reddy its Emerging Player for 2024. The award recognized that season's breakthrough and is preserved as a fixed achievement. It is not an annual ranking that automatically carries into 2025 or 2026.

His date of birth and limited pre-season experience made him eligible under that edition's competition rules. Winning the award does not prove a future India cap by itself; later international scorecards establish the actual debut.

Test debut at Perth

Reddy made his Test debut against Australia at Perth in November 2024. India were 73/6 in the first innings when he entered and he made 41 from 59 balls, helping the side reach 150 on a demanding surface.

He followed with 38 not out in the second innings as India set up a 295-run victory. The two scores belong to separate innings in the same Test and are already part of his career aggregate. The debut showed lower-order batting value before his MCG century.

Useful bowling evidence in Adelaide

In the next Test at Adelaide, Reddy dismissed Marnus Labuschagne for 64, with Yashasvi Jaiswal taking the catch at gully. ICC's report also recorded a counter-attacking 42 from 54 balls in India's first innings.

One wicket and one innings do not determine an all-round career, but they demonstrate actual use in both disciplines at Test level. The bowling wicket remains inside the dated total of eight Test wickets.

Maiden Test century at the MCG

Reddy completed his first Test hundred against Australia on 28 December 2024. He reached stumps on 105 not out before finishing with 114. ICC described the innings as the performance that brought India back into the Boxing Day Test after Australia made 474.

The official IPL profile identifies 114 as the highest MCG score by a batter at No.8 or lower. That record requires the batting-position and venue boundaries; it should not be shortened into a broader claim about all lower-order Test innings everywhere.

The partnership with Washington Sundar

Reddy and Washington Sundar added 127 runs for the eighth wicket at Melbourne. Sundar's fifty gave Reddy the support needed to turn a lower-order recovery into a century stand before late wickets left him briefly stranded on 99.

A partnership total is shared by two batters and is separate from Reddy's personal 114. Both figures are contained within India's innings score, so adding 127 to 114 would not describe his individual contribution.

How the Australia innings developed

The Perth, Adelaide and Melbourne innings show a progression rather than three identical performances. Perth required survival and selective counterattack from 73/6. Adelaide produced another 42 while wickets fell around him. Melbourne then gave him enough time with Sundar to build a full Test century.

Those examples support the view that Reddy can score under lower-order pressure, but they do not prove one permanent batting position. Team balance, conditions and the availability of other all-rounders can move him up or down. The scorecard, not the profile label, establishes where he actually batted.

Batting value versus bowling workload

Reddy's Test batting developed faster than his Test bowling aggregate in the January 2026 snapshot. He had 396 runs and eight wickets from 10 matches, compared with 1,327 runs and 66 wickets across 36 first-class games. The domestic sample shows a more balanced two-discipline record.

International captains may use a seam-bowling all-rounder for short spells, long spells or no overs according to conditions. A low wicket count does not mean he never bowled, while the all-rounder label cannot fill missing overs or wickets. Balls bowled and scorecard roles remain necessary evidence.

International statistics through January 2026

The dated table records 10 Tests, four ODIs and four T20Is at 18 January 2026. Reddy had 396 Test runs at 26.40 with one hundred, 100 ODI runs with one fifty and 90 T20I runs at 45.00 with a high score of 74.

His bowling rows show eight Test wickets and three T20I wickets. The ODI row records no wicket in the four-match snapshot. Later Afghanistan ODIs occurred after this cutoff, so the table is not presented as an August 2026 live aggregate.

BCCI Grade C contract

BCCI included Reddy in Grade C of its 2025-26 annual player retainership, covering 1 October 2025 to 30 September 2026. The grade and contract period are public and establish his place in the board's retained group.

A BCCI retainership is distinct from an IPL roster deduction. Neither document establishes take-home income after tax, endorsements, lifetime earnings or net worth, so those broader financial claims are omitted.

SRH retention and IPL 2026

Sunrisers Hyderabad retained Reddy on the official INR 6 crore deduction for the 2025 and 2026 roster cycle. IPL listed him in the 2026 squad and described him as a first-choice all-round option based on his batting and medium-fast bowling.

A retained squad place does not guarantee every match. The IPL profile currently lists 42 career matches, but its detailed year table is unavailable; this page therefore avoids inventing a 2026 runs or wickets total from highlights or squad membership.

2025-26 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy

IPL's official profile records that Reddy played three matches in the 2025-26 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, batted at a strike rate of 137.25 and took six wickets. He finished with 45 from 22 balls and 2/32 against eventual champion Jharkhand.

The three-match sample is useful evidence of recent domestic all-round use, but it is too small to forecast a full season. Those performances belong to domestic T20 cricket rather than his four-match T20I row.

The 2026 Afghanistan ODI boundary

Reddy's January table lists four ODIs, 100 runs and no wicket. BCCI's June medical release confirms that he later appeared in the third ODI against Afghanistan, so the January aggregate cannot be treated as current after that series.

The medical note does not publish a complete revised career table, and this page does not manually add one match to every batting, bowling and fielding column. A partial update could create inconsistent totals. The Afghanistan appearance is therefore recorded in the timeline while the structured row retains its honest January date.

June 2026 quadriceps update

BCCI selected Reddy for the Ireland and England T20I tours, then replaced him with Suryansh Shedge on 23 June. The board said Reddy reported left quadriceps discomfort after the third ODI against Afghanistan on 20 June and was advised a rehabilitation period.

The announcement confirms the issue and the two missed series. It does not publish a precise recovery date or justify a permanent injury label. The July Sri Lanka Test squad did not include him, but omission alone does not prove a new medical diagnosis.

How to read overlapping records

Tests are part of first-class cricket, ODIs part of List A cricket and IPL matches part of overall T20 cricket. Adding the narrow rows to the broad ones would double-count matches, runs and wickets. A high score or best bowling return is also already included in its aggregate.

Awards, contracts and injuries use different timelines again. The 2024 Emerging Player award remains fixed, the Grade C period has stated dates, and the June 2026 medical update controls only the announced absence.

Current status and evidence limits

As checked on 20 August 2026, Reddy remained an SRH player and a BCCI-contracted India all-rounder within the stated retainership period. His last official medical update required rehabilitation after the Afghanistan ODI series.

No public evidence reviewed here establishes private medical details, a guaranteed return match, current net worth or a permanent batting position. The page keeps those unknowns out while preserving the confirmed career milestones and dated statistics.

What future updates should verify

The next statistical refresh should begin with the official Afghanistan ODI scorecards and reconcile every post-January appearance across runs, balls, overs, wickets, catches and dismissals. It should then check whether BCCI announced a completed rehabilitation or a new squad after June.

For SRH, a complete 2026 season update requires the league's full match record rather than a squad page or isolated highlight. This keeps future numbers comparable and prevents selection, availability and performance from being collapsed into a single unsupported claim.

Any later return should be attached to the exact competition and date. Playing an IPL match would confirm franchise availability but not international fitness; appearing in an India squad would confirm selection but not a cap. Only the relevant scorecard can establish the completed performance.