Kaki Nitish Kumar Reddy (Telugu: [nitiːʃ kumaːɾ ɾeɖːiː]; born 26 May 2003) is an Indian International cricketer who is an all-rounder.

[2] Nitish[3] was born on 26 May 2003 in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, and is the son of former Hindustan Zinc employee Mutyala Reddy.

With support from his father, who quit his job when he was transferred to Udaipur, to help his son pursue a cricket career, Nitish visited VDCA camps and initially trained under coaches Kumara swamy, Krishna Rao and Watekar.

[8] He followed this up with a trailblazing season scoring 441 against Nagaland, the quadruple ton coming in just 345 deliveries and ending up with 1237 runs at an average of 176.41, a tournament record, along with 26 wickets in the 2017–18 Vijay Merchant Trophy.

[9] He had a breakout performance in the 2024 season, where he won the Emerging Player of the Year Award by scoring 303 runs with strike rate of 142 with crucial knocks against Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals and also picked up 3 wickets in the tournament showcasing his immense talent and consistency throughout the tournament.

[10] Nitish made his T20I debut against Bangladesh in 3 match series on 6 October 2024 at Gwalior and scored 16 runs off 15 balls while chasing.

He came to limelight in the 2nd match of the series which held at Delhi on 9 October 2024 where he scored 74 runs off 35 balls with a strike rate of 217.