Sunrisers Hyderabad's Nitish Kumar Reddy, left, and Heinrich Klaasen encourage each other as they bat during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Punjab Kings in Hyderabad. AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A. Sunrisers Hyderabad's Nitish Kumar Reddy, left, and Heinrich Klaasen encourage each other as they bat during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Punjab Kings in Hyderabad. AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.

All-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy is all set to join Sunrisers Hyderabad after recuperating from a side strain that kept him on the sidelines since January.(More Cricket News)

PTI has learned that Nitish successfully completed all the fitness test routines, including the yo-yo test, at the BCCI Centre of Excellence here,66jogo and the physios have given him a go-ahead.

The 21-year-old Andhra cricketer’s last appearance for India was during the first T20I against England at the Eden Gardens on January 22, but he did not bat or bowl in that match.

UAE will be led by Muhammad Waseem and will look for a great start to the series with an opening day victory over the hosts Namibia.

Coming to Sunday's clash, the White Ferns are undergoing a rut in T20I cricket at the moment. They have suffered a whopping 10 defeats in a row in their previous games, and will need to turn the tide strongly if they are to mount a challenge at this edition of the 20-over showpiece.

Nitish trained at nets ahead of the second T20I at Chennai, but was ruled out of that match and five-match series with a side strain.

Nitish was retained by the Hyderabad outfit for Rs 6 crore ahead of last year's players’ auction after he made 303 runs for them from 13 matches at a strike-rate of 143.

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He also impressed during India's tour to Australia, making some valuable contributions including a gutsy 114 in the fourth Test at Melbourne.

Nitish will join the SRH squad soon as they will open their IPL 2025 campaign on March 23 against Rajasthan Royals at Hyderabad. rainha666