‌India went from cruising to panic within 10 deliveries after Tea on Day 1 in Birmingham as two quick wickets left them reeling at 211/5 having headed into the break at 182/3. Rishabh Pant was the first to depart after trying to take Shoaib Bashir downtown over long-on, only to find Zak Crawley waiting in the deep. The alarm bells had barely stopped ringing in the Indian dressing room following the unprovoked dismissal when the warning began to beam louder, courtesy Nitish Kumar Reddy's departure in even more absurd fashion.

The all-rounder was up against Chris Woakes, just a few overs after England had managed to get themselves a ball change, and had faced five deliveries for a solitary run. Thus, when the right-arm seamer delivered a length ball well outside off, Nitish was more than content letting it pass safely through to the wicket-keeper. Yet, to his horror, the Dukes ducked in significantly after pitching and even though a slight twitch in Nitish's movement betrayed his intention to bring the bat down, the youngster ultimately ended up shouldering arms and saw the red cherry crash into the off-stump.

Leave of the century!

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— BavumaTheKing Temba (@bavumathek83578) July 2, 2025

Well left!

Nitish Kumar Reddy returned to the pavilion after scoring just 1 run in 6 balls. His bat did not work today, but he is a young player, he will perform better soon. 💪🏏 #NitishKumarReddy #Cricket #INDvsENG pic.twitter.com/ptVsTMJLe7

— KRISHNA GOUR (@krishnagour042) July 2, 2025

He came in and went out!

People wanted Nitish Kumar Reddy in the Test squad.



He came, scored 1 run, and went back at the speed of 5G.#ENGvIND #ENGvsIND pic.twitter.com/Dm3rzW1dPh

— Punny (@PunnyBhaiya) July 2, 2025

Leave that goes into books!

Was it Wokes' brilliant bowling or Nitish Reddy's masterclass in leaving the ball? Can't decide. 🤯 pic.twitter.com/x7JiQ1i1xr

— . (@CricCrazyDeepak) July 2, 2025

Sometimes it happens!

Bring Nitish reddy annar ee batthai lu…aadu ravadam ellipovadam rendu jarigipoyayi🤡#INDvsENG

— Psycho V!vek🀄️ (@TrumpMawa) July 2, 2025

Ok!

Nitish Kumar Reddy has Overseas Century while batting at 7. http://t.co/kLUMIgOd6h

— Mayank. (@PrimeKohlii) July 2, 2025

Yes hardluck to him!

Nitish Kumar Reddy goes for 1 of 6 balls.



- India lost 2 wickets in 2 overs.#INDvsENG

— prashant (@pr110009) July 2, 2025

No comments?

Nitish Kumar Reddy today#ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/dqqQbNAdv0

— Aarya 🕊️ (@Vitamin_Vk18) July 2, 2025

Blud left the chat!

The Art of Leaving by Sri Sri Nitish Reddy pic.twitter.com/mvEtMXY5Iv

— Abhishek ✨ (@ImAbhishek7_) July 2, 2025