Watch: Nitish Kumar Reddy Grabs a Stunning Diving Catch to Dismiss Jos Buttler in 1st T20I

Indian cricket team’s new face and all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy took a superb catch during the 1st T20I match vs England to dismiss England’s captain Jos Buttler in the match played at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.

England’s captain Jos Buttler was looking in good touch in the 1st T20I being played at the Eden Gardens, playing a lone warriors role for the England team. Buttler was batting on 68 runs and was trying to take on Varun Chakravarthy, who has been India’s one of the best bowler in the match.

Nitish Kumar Reddy took a fine diving catch

Buttler tried to pull a short ball towards the deep square leg but the ball was short of boundary where Nitish Kumar Reddy was standing. The fielder had to charge forward and dive towards the front to take a stunning catch to dismiss England captain Jos Buttler.

Jos Buttler lone warrior for England

Since the first over of the match, England has been on the backfoot. Left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh troubled the openers Phil Salt and Ben Duckett, getting both the wickets in his first 2 overs.

Even though Harry Brook tried to form a partnership with captain Jos Buttler, Varun Chakravarthy’s magical 2nd over brought 2 wickets in the same over which eventually put England further into backfoot.

Jos Buttler continued to sit on one end while the batters were getting out on regular intervals. Eventually, Buttler decided to take on the Indian bowlers but eventually Buttler lost his wicket to a fantastic catch from Nitish Kumar Reddy. Buttler scored 68 runs off 44 balls.

England all-out for 132 runs

Meanwhile, England has been all-out after scoring 132 runs. Captain Jos Buttler was the only bright spark in England’s inning with the England captain scoring 68 runs for 44 balls. It was India captain Suryakumar Yadav who won the toss and opted to bowl first.

Varun Chakravarthy took 3 wickets for India while the trio of Arshdeep Singh, Axar Patel and Hardik Pandya all took 2 wickets each. India needs 133 to win the 1st T20I and take a 1-0 lead in the 5 match series.