During the fourth Test match, Nitish Kumar Reddy showcased his remarkable flair and achieved a significant milestone. He celebrated his half-century in Pushpa style.
In the fourth Test match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25, Nitish Kumar Reddy achieved a new achievement by batting brilliantly. In this series, He created a record for hitting the most sixes in a Test series in Australia as a visiting batsman.
Nitish Kumar Reddy has hit 8 sixes in this series. Before him, this feat was done by Michael Vaughan during the Ashes series in 2002-2003. Apart from him, Chris Gayle hit 8 sixes during the Test series in 2009-2010. Nitish Reddy has become the first Indian batsman to do so and hit 8 sixes in this series. If he hits one more six in this series, he will create the world record for hitting the most sixes in the Test Series.
Nitish Kumar Reddy in Pushpa Style
Nitish Kumar Reddy’s performance in this series was excellent. He impressed everyone with his excellent batting. Reddy has played innings of 41, 38*, 42, 42, 16 and now an unbeaten 77. He completed the first half-century of his career and celebrated it in Pushpa style.
Nitish Reddy has proved to be very important for the Indian team in this series. He has proved to be a boon for the Indian team trapped in crisis. Nitish Reddy scored more than 200 runs in this series. He has faced the Australian bowlers bravely. He has proved himself by taking the Indian team out of a difficult situation.
Australia’s Dominance in the Fourth Test
In the fourth Test match, the Australian team batted first and set a huge score of 474 runs for the Indian team. Steve Smith led the charge with a brilliant 140, supported by Marnus Labuschagne (72), Sam Constas (60), and other strong contributions. India’s batting, however, faltered in the initial phase. Captain Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and KL Rahul could not perform well in batting. India’s top order was a complete flop. Yashasvi Jaiswal played an important innings of 82 runs for India. He was run out while batting with Virat Kohli. After him, Nitish Reddy crossed the score of 50 runs marks and Team India saved the follow-on and also crossed 300 marks.
