Nitish Reddy became the third player in the world, for the first time an Indian did this miracle in Australia.
Nitish Reddy
IND vs AUS: The third day in the Boxing Day Test was in the name of Indian team’s young batsman Nitish Reddy. Reddy troubled the Australian bowlers with his explosive batting and then created a new record by scoring a century just before the end of the day’s play. Reddy scored his first Test century with a four on the third ball of the 115th over. Reddy returned unbeaten after scoring 105 runs along with Mohammed Siraj. During this century innings, Reddy hit 10 fours and 1 six. 21 year old Nitish Reddy did a great feat by scoring a century in his fourth Test match. Since then the young batsman has been making waves in the cricket world.
Nitish Kumar Reddy came to bat at a time when Team India’s 6 wickets had already returned to the pavilion before 200 runs and it seemed that the Indian team would be all out even before 250 runs. But Reddy took his brilliant luck at number 8 and along with Washington Sundar made a brilliant partnership of 127 runs, taking the team’s score close to 350. Sundar returned to the pavilion after scoring 50 runs. Shortly after this, Nitish performed a big miracle by completing his century.
Nitish Reddy joins special club
Nitish Reddy is the third youngest player in the world to score a century at number-8 in Test. Only two players younger than Reddy have scored centuries while playing at No. 8 or below. These include Abul Hasan of Bangladesh and Ajay Ratra of India. Bangladesh’s Abul Hasan played an inning of 113 runs while playing at number 10 against West Indies at the age of 20 years 108 days, while India’s wicketkeeper batsman Ajay Ratra scored an unbeaten 115 runs while playing at number 8 against West Indies at the age of 20 years 150 days. Were made against. Not only this, this is the third time since 1948 that a player under the age of 22 has managed to score the first century of his Test career in Australia. At the same time, for the first time in Australia, an Indian has achieved the great feat of scoring a century while playing at number 8 in a Test.
Youngest Indian batsman to score his first Test century in Australia
- 18 years 256 days- Sachin Tendulkar, Sydney (1992)
- 21 years 92 days, Rishabh Pant, Sydney (2019)
- 21 years 216 days, Nitish Reddy, Melbourne (2024)
- 22 years 46 days, Dattu Phadkar, Adelaide (1948)
