India's bowling coach Morne Morkel has dropped enough hints about the possibility of Nitish Reddy's Test debut in Perth, even as the South African kept his fingers crossed for Shubman Gill to recover in time for the Border-Gavaskar series opener at the Optus Stadium starting Friday.
Heaping praises on the 21-year-old seam-bowling all-rounder, the former Protea quick felt that Reddy can 'hold one end up' for India during the five Tests in Australia. Reddy made rapid strides in 2024 with a brilliant IPL season and was rewarded a place in India's T20I side thereafter. In red-ball cricket, the Hyderabadi has featured in just 23 First-Class matches, but Morkel feels that the youngster can be the seam-bowling allrounder that the team has been hunting for overseas tours, and hinted at his inclusion by inviting that he's the "one player you can keep your eye on in this series."
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