Saiteja Reddy Mukkamalla (born April 9, 2004) is an American cricketer, who primarily plays as an opening batsman for United States national cricket team.[1][2] He also bowls right arm off-break occasionally.[3]
In May 2022, he was selected to play in the ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 Series.[4] He made his ODI debut against Scotland at Pearland on May 28, 2022.[5] He scored 14 runs off 12 balls in his first match.[6] In May 2023, he was selected in USA's squad for the 2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier played in Zimbabwe.[7] During the 2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier, his unbeaten ton propelled USA to an impressive win over UAE in the play-off. He smashed 12 fours to play a match-winning unbeaten knock of 120 runs off just 114 balls.[8][9][10] He was declared Man of the Match for this effort.[11][12][13] In 2023, he was signed up by Texas Super Kings for the Major League Cricket.[14][15] In the same year, he was also picked by Bangla Tigers in the 2023 Abu Dhabi T10 league.[16]