21 years old Nitish Kumar Reddy has been a hot topic among cricket experts and fans after his maiden Test century for India in the ongoing Boxing Day Test against Australia in Melbourne. After impressing with crucial 30s and 40s in the first three matches on his first Australian tour, Nitish Kumar finally went on to score his maiden ton in the fourth Test match of his career. Coming to bat at 191/6, Nitish Kumar turned out to be a saviour of the Indian innings and ended the day with a well-made 105*(176) runs.
Nitish Kumar Reddy is now India’s highest run getter in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 down under, that too playing first Test series of his career. The right-hander has amassed 284 runs in four matches at an average of 71. The young cricketing star from India got a lot of praise from some of the big names in the cricketing world for his heroics in the ongoing Boxing Day Test.
Cricketing fraternity reacts to Nitish Kumar Reddy’s maiden Test ton
Nitish Kumar Reddy has been a find of India in Test cricket in the 2024-25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy. The 21-year-old also had an impressive outing in his maiden T20I series against Bangladesh, scoring 90 runs in three games at an average of 45.00 and strike rate of 180. He is also the second highest run-getter in the ongoing Test series down under after Travis Head. Let’s have a look at how the cricketing fraternity reacted to his maiden Test hundred.
India are currently at 358/9, trailing by 116 runs against Australia's first innings total of 474.
