Nitish Kumar Reddy created a stir with Hat-Trick, Rajat Patidar became victim

By Samira Vishwas On Dec 13, 2025

Indian all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy (Nitish Kumar Reddy Hat-Trick) created a stir by taking a hat-trick for Andhra in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy match played against Madhya Pradesh on Friday (12 December).

He dismissed Harsh Gawadi, Harpreet Bhatia and captain Rajat Patidar on the last three balls of the third over of Madhya Pradesh’s innings. The right-arm fast bowler first bowled Gawdi, then got Bhatia caught behind the wicket, and completed the hat-trick by blowing away Patidar’s stumps.

Due to this hat-trick of Nitish, the score of Madhya Pradesh, which was chasing the target of 113 runs, became 14 runs for 3 wickets. He took 3 wickets for 17 runs in three overs.

However, Nitish’s hat-trick was insufficient for Andhra’s victory.

After being invited to bat first, Andhra team scored 112 runs in 19.1 overs. In which Srikar Bharat played an inning of 39 runs and Nitish Reddy played an inning of 25 runs.

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Moment of sheer brilliance by Nitish Kumar Reddy as he completed a superb hat-trick against Madhya Pradesh in the Super League Stage in Pune 👏#SMAT , @IDFCFIRSTBank , @NKReddy07 pic.twitter.com/3iv0wo1kFI
— BCCI Domestic (@BCCIDomestic) December 12, 2025

For Madhya Pradesh, Shivam Shukla took 4 wickets, Tripuresh Singh took 3 wickets, Rahul Batham took 2 wickets and Venkatesh Iyer took 1 wicket.

In response, Madhya Pradesh team won by losing 6 wickets in 17.3 overs. In which Rishabh Chauhan played an unbeaten inning of 47 runs and Rahul Batham played an unbeaten inning of 35 runs.

Apart from Nitish, no one else could do anything special in bowling for Andhra.