IND vs AUS 4th Test Day 4 Live Cricket Score And Updates: The cricket teams of India and Australia are facing each other in the fourth test match. Today is the fourth day of the ongoing Boxing Day Test match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Today is a very important day for India. India made a comeback in the Test on the third day on the basis of Nitish Kumar Reddy’s unbeaten century. Nitish scored the first century of his international career. He completed his century in 171 balls. Along with Washington Sundar, Nitish added 127 runs for the eighth wicket, which was the second highest partnership of any Indian pair in Australia. In response to Australia’s first innings score of 474 runs, India scored 358 runs at the loss of 9 wickets at stumps on the third day. The play of the fourth day started half an hour earlier. The game had to be ended early due to rain on the third day. India scored 369 runs in the first innings on the fourth day. Team India fell behind Australia by 105 runs in the first innings.
India is still 116 runs behind Australia’s first innings score of 474 runs. Seeing that the bowlers do not get any help on the flat pitch of MCG, it should not be very difficult for India to save the Test. Full credit goes to Reddy for discovering India in this series. Setting an example of fighting spirit, he made an important partnership of 127 runs with Washington Sundar (50 runs in 162 balls) which was a turning point for India. Great batsman Sunil Gavaskar described Reddy’s innings as one of the best Test innings. When Rishabh Pant lost his wicket by playing an irresponsible shot, India’s score was 191 runs for six wickets.
76 year old record destroyed… India’s discovery on Australia tour Nitish Reddy created a lot of records, became the youngest Indian centurion
The score of the young batsman from Andhra Pradesh was 99 runs when Jasprit Bumrah was out. At this time Reddy and the last batsman Mohammad Siraj were at the crease. When Siraj arrived, the audience again booed him but he played three balls of host captain Pat Cummins with caution. 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 four off Scott Boland and expressed his gratitude to the Indian dugout by sitting on his knees and placing his helmet on the bat. Indian players stood up and greeted him.
A decade ago, when Reddy’s father Muthiyala left his job and started money lending and suffered losses, the family advised him not to give up on his son’s dreams but he did not listen to anyone. Reddy’s father, sitting near the boundary, could not control his tears when his son completed his century. He must have remembered the day when his son received the Best Under-16 Cricketer award from BCCI in 2017. At that time Reddy had taken a selfie with his idol cricketer Virat Kohli and his wife Anushka. Reddy hit ten fours and one six in his innings.