India trounced Bangladesh by an overwhelming 86 runs in the second match at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi, securing the T20I series with one match remaining against the visitors. With bat and ball, youthful all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy stole the show and took home the Player of the Match award. In the process, he accomplished a tremendous achievement in the game’s shortest format that no Indian had ever accomplished before.

The first player to achieve a massive feat is Nitish Kumar Reddy.
With a brilliant 74 runs off 36 balls, Nitish Kumar Reddy emerged as India’s leading scorer of the game. Additionally, he secured the two crucial wickets of Tanzim Hasan Shakib and Mahmadullah. As a result, he became the first player in history to accomplish the incredible feat of leading India to victory in a T20I match with 70 runs and two wickets.

Yashasvi Jaiswal is Overtaken by Nitish Kumar Reddy

After only two games, Nitish Reddy hammered his first T20I half-century. He reached this fifty at the age of only 21 years and 136 days. He surpasses Yashasvi Jaiswal to become the fourth-youngest Indian to hit a fifty in a Twenty20 cricket match.

The following players are the youngest to score 50 for India in Twenty20 Internationals:

Rohit Sharma, aged 20 years and 143 days

Tilak Varma, aged 20 years, 271 days

36 days to 21 years old: Rishabh Pant

21 years, 136 days— Nitish Reddy

Yashasvi Jaiswal is 21 years, 227 days old.

Huge Rohit Sharma Record Gets Broken by Nitish Reddy

Against Bangladesh, Nitish Kumar Reddy had a brilliant half-century, hitting seven sixes. In the process, he broke a huge record to become the player to smash the most sixes in a Twenty20 International match between Bangladesh and India. The previous record was shared by Tilak Varma and Rohit Sharma, who each blasted six sixes in the 2023 Asian Games in Hangzhou and 2019 respectively.