NEW DELHI: Nitish Kumar Reddy has been a revelation with the bat in this edition of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series.
Having made his debut in the Perth Test, Reddy had scores of 41, 38*, 42, 42 and 16 heading into the Boxing Day Test against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
Reddy arrived at the crease at the dismissal of Rishabh Pant with India at 191/6 with the follow-on threat still looming large on Day 3 of the fourth Test on Saturday.
But Reddy showed remarkable application and temperament to not only score his maiden Test fifty but alongwith Washington Sundar also took India over the follow-on mark.
Reddy lofted a full delivery from Aussie pacer Mitchell Starc over the vacant point region and the ball raced away to the boundary.
After reaching the landmark, Reddy did the Pushpa (Indian movie) “Thaggede le” celebration with his bat, evoking laughter and admiration from the legendary Sunil Gavaskar.