Former Indian cricketer and coach Ravi Shastri believes Nitish Kumar Reddy deserves a promotion in the batting order. This follows Reddy’s impressive maiden Test century against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series.Reddy’s unbeaten 105 runs off 176 balls, including ten fours and a six, highlighted his composure and skill….
Nitish Reddy (Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Emotions ran wild at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Saturday as over 80,000 fans saluted an incredible maiden century from India’s Nitish Reddy late on the third day of the fourth Test. As 21-year-old Nitish became the third youngest Indian to score a maiden Test ton in Australia, legendary…
Nitish Kumar Reddy celebrates his century against Australia. (Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Young Nitish Kumar Reddy was hailed by the great Sunil Gavaskar on Saturday for producing “one of the greatest Test knocks” during the third day of the Boxing Day Test match in Melbourne.Gavaskar had nothing but appreciation for young Reddy,…
Nitish Kumar Reddy, left, and Mohammed Siraj (Agency Photo) Nitish Kumar Reddy‘s maiden Test hundred came amid dramatic scenes in front of a mammoth 83,073 fans at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Saturday, as the largest ever crowd on the third day of a Boxing Day Test saw the rise of cricket’s latest hero. But…
Nitish Kumar Reddy celebrates his maiden Test century (PTI Photo) Melbourne: It was an absolute theatre at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on Saturday (28 December) when Nitish Kumar Reddy realised his dream. The dream of scoring his maiden Test hundred and it couldn’t have come at a better venue. In front of 83,073 fans,…
Nitish Kumar Reddy and his father (Photo: Agency/video grab) Nitish Kumar Reddy, India’s latest Test centurion, owes his place among India’s cricket heroes to the sacrifices made by his father, Mutyala Reddy, who incidentally was present at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Saturday and watched his son score a well-deserved maiden international and Test hundred….
Nitish Kumar Reddy (Getty Images) Nitish Kumar Reddy went through a few anxious moments in the nervous 90s, but more on the non-striker’s end, before he scored the boundary that brought up a much-deserved maiden Test and international hundred for the 21-year-old all-rounder, who has been the find of this Australian tour for India.On the…
NEW DELHI: Australia opener Sam Konstas may have declared that Virat Kohli is his favourite player in the world and given the Indian batting superstar the clean chit over his shoulder-bump, but things are different when it comes to on field action.The first day of the Boxing Day Test between India and Australia at the…
Virat Kohli‘s controversial shoulder-bump to Australia‘s teenage debutant Sam Konstas on the first day of the fourth Test was expected to turn the Melbourne crowd hostile towards the Indian batting legend, but some of the fans probably took it a little too far by passing comments that upset Kohli while he was walking back to…
Sam Konstas hit Jasprit Bumrah for two sixes during his knock. (Photo by William West/AFP via Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Sam Konstas‘ dazzling Test debut on Day 1 of the Boxing Day Test threw India off guard at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Thursday.With the Border-Gavaskar Trophy still up for grabs with the series locked…
