Nitish Reddy attributes Cummins’ “free hand” to the IPL 2024.

After a strong performance against PBKS, Nitish Reddy attributes Cummins’ “free hand” to the IPL 2024. During Hyderabad’s Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 match against Punjab on Tuesday in Mullanpur, Nitish Reddy expressed his gratitude to captain Pat Cummins for allowing him to bowl according to his heart.

The fast bowler took Jitesh Sharma’s wicket at a point when the game might have gone any way, despite leaking runs at an economy rate of 11 in 3 overs.

Nitish bowled a slower bouncer with SRH needing 69 runs off the final 28 balls, and Jitesh drove the ball straight down Abhishek Sharma’s throat at deep square leg. Nitish claimed that Cummins encouraged him to pursue the variation, and Hyderabad benefited much from it.

“I always had faith in my ability to bowl. I told Pat I wanted to bowl a slower bouncer, and that was a critical wicket I picked. “It’s not really necessary; you can try hitting hard lengths,” he remarked. I then told Pat that I thought the slower bouncer would be fine. “If you are so confident, then go,” he urged. In a video posted on the official IPL website, Nitish remarked, “He gave me a free hand, and it worked well.”

“Samad gave me some self-assurance.”

Meanwhile, Nitish became victorious as Player of the Match when Hyderabad defeated Punjab by two runs. Nitish, an IPL 2021 net bowler for CSK, targeted left-arm spinner Harpreet Brar and smashed him for two sixes and two fours after a calm start to his knock. Before being out in the game by Arshdeep Singh, he scored 64 runs off 37 balls.

To be completely honest, I found it challenging to play them as well. I supported myself at that moment to have self-belief because I knew that if I didn’t, I wouldn’t be able to bowl the outswingers as well as Arshdeep Singh could. Nitish stated, “I had to take care of the quick bowlers before going after the spinners.

Nitish also expressed gratitude to Abdul Samad for providing him the courage to take his chances. They were reduced to 100 for 5 in 13.1 overs, and they shared a 50-run partnership for the sixth wicket.

“I felt that if I didn’t take out Brar when he entered the attack, we wouldn’t achieve the desired result.” It was when I was going to score fast runs that Samad showed up. Batters find it difficult to attack every bowler. He instilled some confidence in me. He arrived and made some excellent ground strokes, Nitish continued.

Hyderabad has now won three of their last five games to move up to fifth position in the standings with six points and a net run rate of +0.344 after their victory on Tuesday.