Nitish Reddy’s Under 16 coach recalls days of struggle after Melbourne hundred
Nitish Kumar Reddy’s under 16 coach Kumar Swamy was thrilled to bits after seeing his student score his maiden Test century at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground on Day 3 of the fourth Test against Australia. Notably, Reddy scored a century on Saturday, December 28 leaving the entire cricketing fraternity in awe of his batting prowess. The all-rounder played a magnificent innings of 105* (176) with the help of ten fours and a six to keep India alive in the Test match.
Reacting to Reddy’s colossal achievement, Kumar Swamy was delighted to see his student etching his name in history books. Swamy also recalled his days of struggle, mentioning that his journey began 12 years ago when he got selected for the under-fourteen state team in Andhra. He also reminisced about Reddy’s heartwarming incident when he couldn’t get a photograph with his idol Virat Kohli and proudly said that he now shares the dressing room with him.
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“This is a very proud moment for me as his coach. Our journey started twelve years ago. He is a hard-working cricketer. He never looked back after being selected for the under-fourteen state team. He won his first award from BCCI in Andhra. At that time, Nitish didn’t get a photo with Virat Kohli, and today they are sharing a dressing room,” Swamy told ANI.
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Following his breathtaking century, the 22-year-old has become the highest run-scorer for India in the series so far with 284* runs from four matches (six innings) at an average of 71 with one century to his name.
Sundar and Nitish bail India out of trouble
Reddy found an able partner in Washington Sundar as they got involved in a heroic partnership on day 3. The duo joined at the crease with India reeling at 221/7, trailing Australia by a massive margin of 253 runs.
However, they were unfazed by the huge mountain of runs in front of them and stitched a match-turning partnership for the eighth wicket of 127 runs. The duo helped India avoid the follow-on and whittle away a major portion of the massive first innings deficit. Courtesy of Reddy’s hundred, and Sundar’s half century (50), India finished Day 3 on 358/9 trailing Australia by 116 runs.
