NEW DELHI: Nitish Kumar Reddy rescued India with a maiden Test hundred against Australia in the Boxing Day Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Saturday.
The hundred by Nitish at No. 8 came when India needed someone to stay at the crease.
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 put up a 127-run stand with Washington Sundar for the eighth wicket enroute his maiden Test hundred.
The Reddy-Sundar partnership is the second highest 8th wicket stand for India in Australia.
Reddy got to the mark with a boundary off Scot Boland with India nine down, with 354 runs on the board trailing Australia (474) by 120 runs.
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