Nitish Reddy scored a historic century on Australian soil, all Indian batsmen were left behind!

Nitish Kumar Reddy… The name is new in the world of cricket, but has shown great achievements already. He managed to score a century in the Melbourne Test match against Australia. This inning of Nitish Reddy came at an important moment. When he came to bat, Team India had lost 6 wickets for 191 runs. After this, Nitish Reddy took charge of Team India’s innings and also scored runs all around the field. This is the first century of his international career. He also made a big record in his name on Australian soil with this innings.

Nitish Reddy’s historic century

Nitish Reddy has shown a strong performance since the first match of this series and has scored runs for Team India on every important occasion. Even in Melbourne, he scored runs at a time when Team India was in danger of follow on. He came to bat at number 8 in this match, so there was no full-time batsman with him. Despite all this, he faced the Australian bowling attack fiercely and scored a memorable century. He took 171 balls to reach 100 runs.

Let us tell you, Nitish Kumar Reddy has also created history on Australian soil with this century innings. He has become the first Indian batsman to score a century in Australia while playing at number 8 or below. At the same time, he is the second Indian to score a century while playing at number 8 against Australia. Before this, Wriddhiman Saha had also done this feat. Although he scored this century against Australia in India.

Youngest Indian to score a century in Boxing Day Test

With this, Nitish Kumar Reddy has also become the youngest Indian to score a century in the Boxing Day Test. Nitish has achieved this feat at the age of 21 years and 216 days. Whereas, before this, Carl Hooper had scored a century in the Boxing Day Test at the age of 21 days 011 days.