Published: Dec 28, 2024, 12:39 PM (IST)
Edited: Dec 28, 2024, 07:38 PM (IST)
India all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy played a memorable knock on the third day of the Boxing Day Test to massively help the Men in Blue to avoid follow-on and take them quite close to Australia’s mammoth first inning total of 474.
Nitish completed his maiden Test century by playing a fine knock and scoring 10 boundaries and a six. The 21-year-old formed a brilliant 127-run partnership with fellow all-rounder Washington Sundar, who also played a valiant knock of 50 before getting dismissed.
At one stage it looked like Nitish wouldn’t be able to complete his ton and would finish the innings unbeaten on 99 as India were on the verge of getting bundled out at 350/9. However, the youngster cleared all such doubts by smashing pacer Scott Boland for a boundary, reaching his century in fantastic fashion.
Following this heroic knock, fans on social media couldn’t help but shower praise on Nitish, who had shown immense maturity and given India a fighting chance in the match by helping them avoid the follow-on.
