Last Updated:December 28, 2024, 09:27 IST
Reddy, who made his Test debut for India in Perth last month, came out to bat at No. 8 in the ongoing Boxing Day Test at MCG and has scored his maiden red-ball fifty.
Nitish Kumar Reddy has top-scored for India in the first innings of ongoing 4th Test against Australia. (Picture Credit: AP, Screengrab)
The official X handle of the Indian men’s cricket team (@BCCI) shared an appreciation post for Nitish Kumar Reddy on Saturday, December 28, after the 21-year-old right-handed batter from Andhra Pradesh scored his maiden Test century for India and also helped the Rohit Sharma-led side avoid follow-on in the ongoing fourth Test against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Reddy came out to bat at No. 8 for India, and with the help of four fours and one six, crossed the 50-run mark in 81 balls. He scored his maiden Test half-century for India when the team was in deep trouble and staring at the follow-on.
After completing his first Test fifty, Nitish came up with the Pushpa celebration, and the official X handle of BCCI also took the cue from the movie by captioning the post ‘Flower nahi, fire hai.’
“Nitish Kumar Reddy brings up his maiden 50 in Test cricket and unleashes the iconic celebration,” BCCI tweeted.
‘Flower nahi, fire hai’ is an iconic dialogue of Tollywood actor Allu Arjun in the movie Pushpa, the second installment of which is making headlines in India these days.
Nitish’s fighting knock in the ongoing match is not only appreciated by the BCCI but also by many fans, experts, and former greats of the game.
Here’s a look:
Reddy arrived at the crease on Saturday to bat at No. 8 after Rishabh Pant was sent back to the pavilion by Scott Boland. At the time of Reddy’s arrival at the crease, India was 84 runs away from avoiding the follow-on. He first joined hands with Ravindra Jadeja (17) and added 30 runs for the seventh wicket with him.
After the world No. 1 Test all-rounder was trapped in front of the wickets by Nathan Lyon in the morning session of the third day’s play, Reddy found a partner in Washington Sundar, and the duo has added more than 80 runs so far for the eighth wicket to help India cross the 300-run mark for the second time in the ongoing series.
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