India, Jan. 26 -- Nitish Kumar Reddy, 21, has been ruled out of the ongoing T20I series against England after suffering a side strain. The youngster played the first game of the five-match series and even took two sensational catches at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata. However, he will not play any further part after being sidelined due to an injury.

Former India batter Aakash Chopra reckons that Nitish's body might not have been ready for the workload and pressure of international cricket. Hence, he possibly got injured.

The youngster recently impressed one and all with his performances with the bat lower down the order in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. He repeatedly bailed the visitors out of tricky situations. He scored his first Test century...