Tattoos generally have meanings behind their existence; so does place Indian debutant Nitish Reddy's, as he explained it in an interview with 7Cricket. Nitish Reddy was one of the two debutants for India, who had a valuable contribution to the team despite having questions about his selection. While speaking about his tattoo, Nitish said, "The tattoo shows the warrior and tiger. Whenever I see the tattoo, I just want to feel like you’re the warrior when you’re playing in the centre. So when a tiger makes his territory in the jungle, so it doesn’t allow any other animal or any other thing to come in that. So that’s how I want to feel. Like when you’re in the centre, you need to be like you’re the king. So that’s how I want to be.” Read: 'It was a good start,'- Nitish Reddy Reflect on His Stunning Knock Nitish Reddy crucial 41 runs When India looked in trouble, it was Reddy who batted alongside Rishabh Pant (37 of 38), giving India a score of 150 to fight for. The debutant stepped in when India was 73, losing six wickets. Well, he is not actually trying to be steady but took calculated risks, played his favourite sweep shots at least twice in the game, scoring 41 runs in just 59 balls. With Pant, he added invaluable 48 runs on the board as a batter in the first inning. Even though he was not willing to consider it his "dream innings," but a "good start for him." Earlier, Nitish Reddy opened up his chat with the head coach, Gautam Gambhir. Reddy said, "I had a chat with Gautam Gambhir sir. He mentioned, when you get any bouncers or something like those sharp spells, you just take them on to your shoulders and just feel like you are taking a bullet for your country." Gambhir backed Reddy ahead of Shardul Thakur, which had gotten much criticisms, especially after thakur's innings in the last BGT outing.