The Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) vs Gujarat Titans (GT), the 18th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025, heat wasn't just on the pitch on Sunday; it was also on social media. The SRH's batsman, Nitish Kumar Reddy, scored a slow 31 off 34 balls, which led him to fall into brutal trolling on the internet.
India all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy walked in when SRH needed a rebuild, but Reddy couldn't shine during his innings. The batsman tried hard to play anchor, but the ball not coming on and the boundaries drying up left fans disappointed.
The 21-year-old cricketer's knock had just 3 fours and no sixes. He found it difficult to accelerate and eventually fell to Rashid Khan at deep mid-wicket, attempting to hit big off Sai Kishore on the first ball of the 16th over.
The young Indian cricketer Nitish Kumar Reddy impressed his fraternity with his all-round performance. He proved himself in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy to be an excellent player. Well, interestingly, he revealed that his journey was not easy, from being a domestic player to becoming an IPL icon and finally to international cricket.
He went on to reveal that since childhood, he has been a huge fan of Virat Kohli. "I have been watching Virat since my childhood. He is my idol, and now finally I have played with him. When he scored a hundred in Perth, I was at the non-striker's end. I felt so happy," he said, as per PTI's report.
SRH's key batsman Nitish Kumar Reddy was heavily trolled by the fans for slow batting. Fans also compared the batter with Virat Kohli.
One X (formerly called Twitter) user shared a meme saying, "Respect for Nitish Kumar Reddy"
"Nitish Kumar Reddy today"
"Nitish Kumar Reddy ????? Virat Kohli" the meme said, "Virat Kohli is my Idol"
"Nitish Kumar Reddy = Vijay Shankar both of them are Run a ball bullies"
Main 3 Reasons for Srh failure this season, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan kishan, Nitish kumar reddy.?