{{short description|Indian cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}} {{Use Indian English|date=May 2020}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Akshath Reddy | image = | country = India | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|2|11|df=yes}} | birth_place = Hyderabad, India | | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm leg break | role = Batsman | international =
| club1 = Hyderabad | year1 = 2011–present | club2 = Deccan Chargers | year2 = 2012 | club3 = Sunrisers Hyderabad | year3 = 2013
| columns = 3 | column1 = FC | matches1 = 78 | runs1 = 5,233 | bat avg1 = 44.34 | 100s/50s1 = 15/22 | top score1 = 250 | deliveries1 = 36 | wickets1 = 0 | bowl avg1 = – | fivefor1 = – | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = – | catches/stumpings1 = 44/– | column2 = LA | matches2 = 59 | runs2 = 1,959 | bat avg2 = 33.77 | 100s/50s2 = 4/11 | top score2 = 154 | deliveries2 = 124 | wickets2 = 0 | bowl avg2 = – | fivefor2 = – | tenfor2 = – | best bowling2 = – | catches/stumpings2 = 13/– | column3 = T20 | matches3 = 69 | runs3 = 1,468 | bat avg3 = 24.06 | 100s/50s3 = 1/5 | top score3 = 105* | deliveries3 = 12 | wickets3 = 0 | bowl avg3 = – | fivefor3 = – | tenfor3 = – | best bowling3 = – | catches/stumpings3 = 16/–
| date = 6 May | year = 2020 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/376109.html ESPNcricinfo }}
'''Produturi Akshath Reddy''' (born 11 February 1991, Hyderabad) is an Indian cricket player who plays for Hyderabad in the domestic cricket.<ref name="Bio">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/376109.html |title=Akshath Reddy |access-date=21 June 2018 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> He is a right-handed batsman.
Reddy made his debut against Rajasthan and was signed up by Deccan Chargers for 2012 Indian Premier League. He was part of the IPL 2013 season with the new owners of the Hyderabad franchise, the Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Reddy scored 359 runs at 51 from five matches in the Cooch Behar Trophy, and 316 runs from the same number of games in the Under-22 CK Nayudu Trophy in the 2008–09 season. He was named in the U-19 squad for the 2010 World Cup in New Zealand. Reddy was encouraged by his father, a former volleyball player, to take up sport seriously. Reddy's idol is India's great Rahul Dravid and compares his style of play to Australia's Michael Hussey.
In November 2018, in Hyderabad's match against Tamil Nadu in the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy, he scored his maiden double-century in first-class cricket.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://telanganatoday.com/ranji-trophy-akshath-reddy-completes-double-century |title=Ranji Trophy: Akshath Reddy completes double century |work=Telangana Today |access-date=13 November 2018}}</ref> He was the leading run-scorer for Hyderabad in the tournament, with 797 runs in eight matches.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=12592;team=1815;type=tournament |title=Ranji Trophy, 2018/19 - Hyderabad: Batting and bowling averages |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=10 January 2019}}</ref>
In August 2019, he was named in the India Green team's squad for the 2019–20 Duleep Trophy.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/27331972/shubman-gill-priyank-panchal-faiz-fazal-lead-duleep-trophy-sides |title=Shubman Gill, Priyank Panchal and Faiz Fazal to lead Duleep Trophy sides |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=6 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cricketcountry.com/news/duleep-trophy-2019-shubman-gill-faiz-fazal-and-priyank-panchal-to-lead-duleep-trophy-2019-squad-fixtures-schedule-876560 |title=Duleep Trophy 2019: Shubman Gill, Faiz Fazal and Priyank Panchal to lead as Indian domestic cricket season opens |work=Cricket Country |access-date=6 August 2019}}</ref>
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==External links== *[http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/376109.html Akashath Reddy] at ESPNcricinfo.
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