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ENG vs IND | Twitter in awe as Nitish Reddy makes dream debut at Lord’s with double strike in first over

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ByVenkateswaran N, SportsCafe Editor

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It is often a cricketer’s dream to feature in an international match at the Mecca of Cricket, Lord’s. All-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy took it to the next level when he accounted for England openers Ben Duckett and Zak Crawley in his very first over at the historic venue on Thursday.

‌With the series squared at 1-1 and all to play for in the five-match series, England opted to bat against India in the Third Test at Lord’s in London on Thursday. The Indian pace attack was bolstered by the returning Jasprit Bumrah, who replaced Prasidh Krishna in the playing eleven.

England openers Ben Duckett and Zak Crawley looked out of sorts as they started cautiously on a surprising surface that had variable bounce and carry. With some balls falling short of keeper Rishabh Pant and some flying into his gloves, the pair did well to negotiate the new-ball trio of Bumrah, Akash Deep, and Siraj.

With the score reading 39/0 after 13 overs, the Indian skipper decided the surprise the pair as he introduced medium-pacer Nitish Kumar Reddy in place of Jasprit Bumrah. The all-rounder, after being hit for a four off the second ball, came back in style to get Duckett to edge one down the leg with Pant making no mistake.

And he was not done yet, coming up with a jaffa in the last ball of the same over to end Zak Crawley’s struggling innings of 18 off 43 balls. The ball, after angling in and pitching on a length around off-stump, straightened and swung away late to catch Crawley by surprise as England were reduced to 44/2.

Twitter was in awe of Nitish as he made a dream start at Lord’s, ending with a double strike in his first over at the hallowed venue and repaid Gill’s faith in him.

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