IND vs AUS: Dhoni’s 16 year old record destroyed, Nitish Reddy creates a new record
Nitish Reddy and MS Dhoni
IND vs AUS: The Boxing Day Test match being played in Melbourne seemed to be going in favor of Australia for the first two days but a different picture was seen on the third day. India’s promising young player Nitish Kumar Reddy rescued Team India from trouble by scoring a brilliant century. Nitish Reddy came to the field to bat when 6 batsmen of Team India had returned to the pavilion at 191 runs. After this, setting an example of bravery, Nitish made an important partnership of 127 runs with Washington Sundar (50 runs), which was the turning point for India. Even though Sundar returned to the pavilion after scoring a half-century, Nitish Reddy held one end and gave a great opportunity to the fans of Team India to celebrate by completing his first Test century before the end of the day’s play.
Nitish Reddy’s great miracle
Nitish was playing on 99 runs when Jasprit Bumrah returned to the pavilion. At this time Reddy and the last batsman Mohammed Siraj were at the crease. When Siraj arrived, the audience again booed him but he played three balls of host captain Pat Cummins carefully. After every ball, the expressions on the faces of Reddy and his father sitting in the gallery were changing but Siraj played three balls carefully and gave Reddy the moment which he had dreamed of thousands of times. Reddy completed his century by hitting a straight boundary off Scott Boland and expressed his gratitude to the Indian dugout by going down on his knees and placing his helmet on the bat. With this century, Reddy shattered the great record of former Indian cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
Dhoni’s record shattered
Dhoni had the second highest score in Test against Australia at number 8. Dhoni had played an inning of 92 runs against Australia 16 years ago in the Mohali Test in 2008 while batting at number 8. This record of Dhoni stood at number-8 against Australia for 16 years, which has now been taken by Nitish Reddy. At the end of the third day’s play, Reddy was playing on 105 and Mohammad Siraj was playing on two runs. Now on the fourth day, Reddy will have a chance to surpass Wriddhiman Saha’s highest score.
Indian batsman who scored the highest score against Australia at number 8
- 117 – Wriddhiman Saha – Ranchi, 2017
- 105* – Nitish Kumar Reddy – Melbourne, 2024
- 92 – Mahendra Singh Dhoni – Mohali, 2008
- 87 – Anil Kumble – Adelaide, 2008
- 83 – Kapil Dev – Chennai, 1979
