India, March 20 -- Nitish Kumar Reddy had a year to remember in 2024. He made his IPL debut for the Sunrisers Hyderabad and then broke into the Indian T20I side. His biggest break came in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy when the 21-year-old got his Test cap. He repaid coach Gautam Gambhir's faith by registering his maiden Test century in the series. Another memorable part of that Australia tour for Nitish was sharing the dressing room with Virat Kohli.

Nitish is from a generation that grew up idolising Virat Kohli, which meant batting in the middle with him in Perth when the legendary cricketer scored a century in the second innings, became more special.

However, despite his close connection to Kohli thanks to that series, Nitish admitted th...