Harishankar Reddy is a professional Indian cricketer who represents Andhra Pradesh in domestic cricket. The right-arm fast-medium bowler has been picked up by Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the player auction ahead of the 2021 Indian Premier League.
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Wiki/Biography
Harishankar Reddy was born on Tuesday, 2 June 1998 (age 25 years; as of 2023) in the village of Nagurivandla-Pali, located in the Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh. His full name is Hari Shankar Reddy Maramreddy. His zodiac sign is Gemini. Reddy did his schooling at Swetha High School, Chinnamandem, Kadapa. He completed his college in Kadapa.
Physical appearance
Height (approx): 5′ 10″
Eye Color: Black
Hair color: black
family
Harishankar comes from an agricultural family. Father’s name is Ramachandra Reddy and mother’s name is Lakshmi Devi. He has an older brother who works in Kuwait.
Career
background
Harry grew up playing tennis ball cricket in his village. In 2012, at the age of 14, he went with a friend to the Kadapa Municipal Ground where cricket trials were being held to be selected for the district level cricket team. Hari tried his luck on the trails and was selected for the summer camp held in Kadapa in 2013. After his selection, he shifted his focus to his professional career in cricket. He played for the Kadapa Under-14 and Under-16 cricket teams and then joined the ACA Academy Ground in Vizianagaram in 2016. He improved his bowling even more after coming under the tutelage of CD Thomson, the coach at the ACA Academy Ground.
CD Thomson, Harishankar’s coach and mentor
Domestic cricket
In 2018, Harry was included in the Andhra Pradesh squad for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 tournament. On 11 January 2018, he made his domestic cricket debut for Andhra Pradesh in a Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy match against Kerala. He finished his first home match with figures of 4/12 in two overs.
Reddy’s Mushtaq Ali Trophy debut performance was covered in the newspaper
Harry played his first List-A cricket match for Andhra Pradesh in the Vijay Hazare Trophy against Vidarbha. The match was played at the SS Cricket Commune Stadium on 20 February 2021.
Harishankar Reddy receives his Vijay Hazare Trophy debut cap from Hanuma Vihar
IPL
In the player auction IPL 2021, he was bought by the Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led IPL franchise Chennai Super Kings at his base price of Rs. 20 GEL.
CSK squad for IPL 2020 with Hari Shankar’s name in the list
After he was inducted into the CSK team, the franchise allotted him jersey number 46. He plays with the same number in domestic cricket.
Harishankar Reddy poses in front of the dressing room in the CSK dressing room
Favorite cricketers
Batsmen: MS Dhoni & Virat Kohli
Bowler: Jasprit Bumrah
Facts/Trivia
- Talking about their son’s love for cricket in an interview, Harishankar’s parents said that Harry was so enthusiastic about the sport that he used to go to college to play cricket matches.
- Harry played Mahendra Singh Dhoni during a training session ahead of IPL 2021, the first season of the cash-rich league. The news of the new arrival Don’s stump uprooting made headlines and Harry was thrust into the limelight.
Harishankar with MS Dhoni in the CSK dressing room
- He considers India’s leading bowler Jasprit Bumrah as his bowling idol.
- He is the second cricketer after Vijayakumar, the former Deccan Chargers player, to be selected for the IPL from the Kadapa district.
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