Bharath Reddy is a former India

India

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Cricket

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Career

Reddy played in 4 Tests

Test cricket

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 and 3 ODIs from 1978 to 1981. A wicket-keeper

Wicket-keeper

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 from Nalgonda

Nalgonda

Nalgonda is a town and a municipality in Nalgonda district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Its name is derived from two Telugu words Nalla and Konda . Nalgonda in the past is referred to as Nilagiri. During the period of Bahamani kingdom, it had been renamed as Nallagonda...

, Reddy was not a regular player for India due to the presence of Syed Kirmani

Syed Kirmani

Padma Sri Syed Mujtaba Hussain Kirmani played cricket for India and Karnataka as a wicket-keeper.-International career:...

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Following his retirement from cricket, Reddy, along with fellow Nalgonda cricketer Rajashekar, ran cricket training camps in Nalgonda

Nalgonda

Nalgonda is a town and a municipality in Nalgonda district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Its name is derived from two Telugu words Nalla and Konda . Nalgonda in the past is referred to as Nilagiri. During the period of Bahamani kingdom, it had been renamed as Nallagonda...

 , where he discovered current Indian players Dinesh Karthik

Dinesh Karthik

Krishna Kumar Dinesh Karthik is a wicketkeeper-batsman who has made his debut for the Indian cricket team in 2004 and has been a regular member of the team for varying periods since then, including a stint in 2007 as a specialist opening batsman and non-wicket-keeper...

 and Lakshmipathy Balaji

Lakshmipathy Balaji

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Personal life

His daughter Sriya Reddy is an actress in South Indian films, who recently married producer Vikram Krishna.

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