Nitish Kumar Reddy climbs Tirupati stairs on his knees after BGT 2024-25 heroics [Watch]

India cricketer Nitish Kumar Reddy recently climbed the 3,000 steps to the renowned Tirupati temple in his home state of Andhra Pradesh on his knees, offering a heartfelt gesture of devotion and gratitude. This followed his heroics in the 2024-25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) Down Under.

Although India failed to retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy for the first time in 10 years, suffering a 3-1 defeat, 21-year-old Reddy emerged as one of the brightest stars for the visitors. The right-handed batter accumulated 298 runs in nine innings, averaging 37.25.

His standout performance came in the Boxing Day Test at Melbourne, where he scored a brilliant 114 off 189 balls, including 11 boundaries and a six, and helped India reduce the gap with Australia's first-innings score. In addition to his batting exploits, Nitish contributed with the ball, claiming five wickets in the five-Test series.

On Monday, January 13, the young cricketer was seen climbing the steps of the Tirupati temple on his knees, offering a heartfelt gesture of devotion and prayer.

Here’s a video of Reddy climbing the Tirupati stairs on his knees:

On Friday, January 10, Nitish Kumar Reddy was recognized by Sana Sathish Babu, the Honorary Secretary of the Andhra Cricket Association, and Rajya Sabha MP, for his outstanding performance in the 2024-25 BGT.

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Nitish Kumar Reddy will return to action in the T20I series against England

Reddy will return to action when India take on England in a five-match T20I series, starting January 22 in Kolkata. The 21-year-old has played three T20Is for India, scoring 90 runs, including a half-century, and has also claimed three wickets.

Here’s the India squad for the T20I series against England:

Suryakumar Yadav (c), Sanju Samson (wk), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel (vc), Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammad Shami, Varun Chakravarthy, Ravi Bishnoi, Washington Sundar, and Dhruv Jurel (wk).