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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nDHARAMSHALA: The Indian team management has pinned its hopes on Nitish Kumar Reddy \u2019s evolution as a seam-bowling allrounder as they look for a stable alternative for the injury-prone Hardik Pandya<\/a>. On Saturday, amid Afghanistan opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz\u2019s assault on the Indian attack, when captain Shubman Gill<\/a> threw Reddy the ball, he responded with four impressive overs for 2\/31 to restrict the visitor\u2019s innings.Reddy understands that when Hardik comes back, it will be difficult for him to hold on to his place in the XI. To make most of the opportunities that could arise, he has been working hard to sharpen his bowling skills over the last one year, even having worked with UK-based bowling coach Stefan Jones.\u201cI figured that I\u2019m a front-on bowler and started working on the stride lengths as I wanted to go much quicker on the run-up. It changed my bowling action a little bit. It\u2019s coming good now and there are some more improvements which I\u2019ll hopefully do in the coming days,\u201d Reddy said.Reddy was understandably reluctant to divulge details of working with Jones. \u201cIt\u2019s just been seven days since we worked together. We have discussed specifics and worked on them and identified some points where I need to change a little bit in my specific bowling. We\u2019re working on it, basically it\u2019s what we want to achieve in the coming days,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n