New Delhi: Team India all-rounder Nitish Reddy scored his maiden international hundred in the Boxing Day Test against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on Saturday, December 27. The Indian all-rounder went through a few anxious moments when he was batting in the nervous 90’s.
He celebrated his first Test half-century in Pushpa style and then converted it into a stunning hundred off 171 balls, but not without some drama. He was batting on 97 runs when Nathan Lyon dismissed Washington Sundar on 50 runs and ended the 127-run partnership for the eighth wicket. After that, Nitish denied taking singles to retain the strike.
Australian captain Pat Cummins removed Bumrah on a duck and the Men in Blue lost their ninth wicket on 350 runs, Nitish needed just one run to complete his hundred at that point. Mohammed Siraj defended the next three deliveries to end Pat Cummins’ over. He reached to his maiden Test hundred by hitting a boundary straight over the bowlers head in the next over.
NITISH CENTURY!
A glorious lofted drive brings up the milestone!
His dad in tears in the stands, what a moment 🙌#AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/W1SJNHlN4J
— 7Cricket (@7Cricket) December 28, 2024
Reddy has done well for India throughout the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. In the first Test, he scored 41 and an unbeaten 38 which India won by 295 runs. In the day-night Test at the Adelaide Oval, which India lost by 10 wickets, he amassed 42 each in both innings of the Test. In the third Test, Nitish got out cheaply after scoring 16 runs.
India 358/9 at stumps on Day 3
Rishabh Pant and Ravindra Jadeja started the Day 3 for India at 168/5. Boland took the first wicket of the Day by removing Pant on 28 runs while Nathan Lyon dismissed Jadeja on 17 runs to put the visitors under pressure. Sundar and Nitish Reddy batted brilliantly and stitched a 127-run partnership for the eighth wicket.
Lyon removed Washington Sundar on 50 runs to end the partnership but Reddy registered his maiden Test hundred. Cummins also dismissed Bumrah on a duck but India ended the Day on a comfortable position.
Nitish Reddy scored his maiden Test hundred in the fourth Test against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on Saturday, December 28. Cricket Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Cricket Live Score, Sports Breaking News from Sports Today
