NEW DELHI: India lost the Boxing Day Test against Australia by 184 runs at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Monday, but Nitish Kumar Reddy scored his maiden Test hundred in the India first innings.
The hundred by Nitish at No. 8 came when India needed someone to stay at the crease.
Having made his debut in the Perth Test, Reddy had scores of 41, 38*, 42, 42 and 16 heading into the Boxing Day Test against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
Reddy arrived at the crease at the dismissal of Rishabh Pant with India at 191/6 with the follow-on threat still looming large on Day 3 of the fourth Test on Saturday.
But Reddy showed remarkable application and temperament to put up a 127-run stand with Washington Sundar for the eighth wicket enroute his maiden Test hundred.
Before the fifth Test in Sydney got underway, the official handle of Cricket Australia shared a video of Reddy talking about meeting his father after scoring his maiden Test hundred.
Reddy says in the video, “There were no words, he just came to me and hugged me, I was also hugging him and for 30 seconds I felt the warm hug. It was a great moment for me like just as a son I always my father to hug me and this year I got it a couple of times and I am so happy for that moment.”
Reddy also became the third youngest Indian to score maiden Test century in Australia.
