New Delhi. Indian team’s all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy played an innings against Australia which every Indian was expecting. On the third day of the Boxing Day Test, the Indian team was in danger of follow-on and Nitish Kumar Reddy averted it by playing a century. The Australian team had scored 474 runs in the first innings and India had scored 358 runs for 9 wickets by the end of the third day’s play. Nitish Reddy is playing on 105 runs and India is 116 runs behind.
Nitish Kumar Reddy made his debut against Australia during this Border Gavaskar Trophy. In the last three matches, this 21 year old player had played useful innings for the team by coming down the order. Played innings of 41 runs in Perth, 38 runs in Adelaide and 42 and 42 runs. Nitish Kumar Reddy scored a century for the troubled Team India in Melbourne. The talent of this young man who made a splash for Team India was recognized by former BCCI chief selector MSK Prasad at an early age.
MSK Prasad told on Star Sports after Nitish’s century, Nitish Kumar Reddy came to me at the age of just 12 years. I saw him play only 6 balls and then I realized that the child has a lot of talent. Nitish’s father Mutyala had left his job for his child. When the child comes to me, he tells me that he is struggling with money. While talking about bearing all the expenses of Nitish, I accepted the idea of ​​giving him training.
He further said, after seeing Nitish Kumar’s century, I became very emotional, I was at a loss for words. All this did not happen in one day. We have spent a lot of time on this child and he has never shied away from working hard. We all knew that Nitish has talent and he will prove himself on the big stage.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: December 28, 2024, 18:27 IST