India’s modern rising star Nitish Kumar Reddy created history on Saturday with his maiden Test century against Australian cricket team.

Score of 100….!!

India’s modern era rising star Nitish Kumar Reddy created history on Saturday with his maiden Test century against Australian cricket team. He was on the ground with the score of 105 at the end of play on Day 3 of the fourth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Nitish Reddy’s maiden Test century came at a critical times in the Boxing Day Test. Walking in with India reeling, his innings of unbeaten 105 not only stabilised the team but showcased his passion and temperament and skill under pressure. After facing 171 balls, his knock included 10 boundaries and a six.

At the early stage of the career

In Visakhapatnam, Nitish Kumar Reddy started playing cricket game from the age of 5, and naturally performed excellent both as a batter and bowler. He was initially spotted by former Indian selector MSK Prasad during U12 and U14 state level cricket tournaments in Andhra Pradesh, who encouraged Reddy to train at the Andhra Cricket Academy in Kadapa. Nitish Reddy’s breakthrough moment came in the 2016-17 Vijay Merchant Trophy, when he scored 441 runs off just 345 balls in a ball against Nagaland. Reddy was impressive with the ball as well, as he took 26 wickets and was the recipient of the ‘Best Cricketer in the U16 category. He was passionate about his game.

Personal Information

Born	26 May 2023
Birth Place	Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
Role	Batting Allrounder
Batting Style	Right Handed Bat
Bowling Style	Right-arm fast-medium
Teams	India U19 B, Andhra, Sunrisers Hyderabad, India A, India

Reaction of former indian selector MSK Prasad

“I think I’m falling short of words. I’m a little emotional right now after seeing Nitesh doing so well for Team India, especially the situation that we were in, and the way he steered the team during the tough times. I think I’m feeling, first of all, really emotional and then very proud,” said MSK Prasad after the knock of Nitish in Australia.

Nitish Kumar Reddy, India’s highest run-scorer of BGT 2024-25

He started off with scores of 41 and 38 not out in Perth first test and followed it with 42 each in both innings of the Adelaide Test, where no Indian batter could get going. Reddy’s only low score, by his standard, was the 16 runs he made at Gabba in India’s only innings, but more than made up for it with a sublime hundred today in Melbourne.

Cricket Idol Of Nitish Kumar Reddy

In a Interview Nitish Kumar Reddy Said that Virat Kohli is his Cricket Idol. “It was such a grateful moment for me, I have been watching Virat Kohli since childhood and making him as my idol, and grown up, now finally I played with him, he scored a hundred when I was in non-strike in Perth, I felt so happy, and I scored a hundred when he appreciated me, he came to me and said that you really played well, you get the team back in the game, I felt so happy for that, I always dreamed about this moment, and finally when he talked with me that is the best moment for me,” said Nitish during the post-day presser.

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