Bharath Reddy pronunciation born November 12, 1954, Chennai is a former Indian cricketer.
Reddy played in 4 Tests and 3 ODIs from 1978 to 1981.Despite being immensely gifted , he could not play for India more regularly because of Syed Kirmani being considered a better player Reddy was a wicket-keeper from Tamil Nadu, India. He discovered Dinesh Karthik and Lakshmipathy Balaji, who currently play for Indian team.
Bharath Reddy and Abdul Jabbar, another Tamil Nadu cricketer, later ran cricket training camps in Madras (now Chennai) in the mid-eighties.
After being an understudy to Syed Kirmani, Bharath Reddy got his chance to represent India when the selectors surprisingly dropped Kirmani for the tour to England in 1979. He played in all the four Tests, doing a fairly efficient job. He had eleven dismissals to set a record for an Indian wicketkeeper in England. He also toured Australia in 1977-78, Pakistan in 1978-79 and Australia and New Zealand in 1980-81, all as Kirmani's deputy. A more than capable bat, Reddy first made his mark when he led the Indian schools team to England in 1973. He was one of the mainstays for Tamil Nadu, captaining them for two seasons.
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