With 83,000 fans in attendance, India resumed well from their overnight score of 164)5 with Rishabh Pant and Ravindra Jadeja at the crease. The latter was content keeping the scoreboard ticking whenever ever the opportunity arose while the former adopted his usual trademark approach tp take the game to the opposition While it earned him three boundaries in a partnership of 32, the tactic eventually backfired when a scoop attempt went askew and Nathan Lyon took a simple catch at third man. Jadeja added 30 more runs thereafter with Nitish Kumar Reddy, the all-rounder doing the bulk of the scoring, before Lyon scalped his spin counterpart for the seventh time in Test cricket
India thus found themselves reeling at 221/7, a long way away from Australia’s 474 and be at risk of following on However, Nitish and Washington Sundar put all such doubts to rest with a 127-run stand either side of Lunch and through the entirety of the second session to steer India to 348. The duo picked their moments to score their runs, identifying Nathan Lyon and Mitchell Marsh as the primary targets while exercising caution against the three premier quicks. Nitish brought up his fifty off 71 deliveries while Sundar got to the landmark in a remarkable 146-deliveries, the duo unfettered by the use of the new ball. However Sundar failed to add any to his 50 as Lyon had him edge to.slip and Nitish found himself stranded on 97. A hasty double from the excited youngster exposed Jasprit Bumrah to the strike and the taileder lasted only three Pat Cummins deliveries before returning to the dugout.
Mohammed Siraj fared better, surviving the remaining three.deliveries.to.allow Nitish a fair shot at the tonh. The youngster did not flinch, bringing up a debut Test hundred with a handsome drive down the ground before rain snd bad light stopped play
India thus find themselves at 358/9 on Stumps, still a good 116 runs away from their rivals.
Emotions erupted when #NitishKumarReddy brought up his maiden Test ton! 🇮🇳💪#AUSvINDOnStar 👉 4th Test, Day 4 | SUN, 29th DEC, 4:30 AM | #ToughestRivalry #BorderGavaskarTrophy pic.twitter.com/f7sS2rBU1l
— Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) December 28, 2024
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Your life has changed
How quickly your life can change when you’re related to an Indian cricketer. Nitish Kumar Reddy’s parents being mobbed at the MCG & why not. It’s their sacrifices that kickstarted this remarkable journey from Vizag to Melbourne #AusvInd pic.twitter.com/P2uI6fhJdA
— Bharat Sundaresan (@beastieboy07) December 28, 2024
Same energy 😭 https://t.co/bYH0GpUXGB pic.twitter.com/XGRcKOpYbV
— Pari (@BluntIndianGal) December 28, 2024
8 years of hardship
8 years ago, Mutyala Reddy, an employee at Hindustan Zinc, quit as he was getting transferred & wanted to instead focus on his son’s cricket.
Today he saw him get his maiden century in front of 80,000 spectators at the MCG
It’s as much his dream coming true as Nitish’s! pic.twitter.com/vaifQtlzGU— Joy Bhattacharjya (@joybhattacharj) December 28, 2024
We all grew up
Between Kumble’s mom and Reddy ‘s dad, we all grew up! Great innings lad! 🔥 #INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/o4uGw4onV4
— Kartik (@elitecynic) December 28, 2024
“Hatttt bh3nchd” 😭
Bro following his idol in every way😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/0cTbGIBogA— ` (@SlayerKohli) December 28, 2024
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Jab aapne “mai to na sehta” kehkar fight shuru karwa to di par pic.twitter.com/90K2C2rNuA
— Ryuzaki (@ryuz4k1L) December 28, 2024
📍At MCG pic.twitter.com/qUvqqEl7yG
— Cricket Picture that Goes Hard (@HardCricketpix) December 28, 2024
