I will not bow down… Nitish Kumar Reddy became 'Pushpa' in Melbourne, did a wonderful feat for the first time in Australia.

Nitish Reddy has emerged as India's biggest discovery on the Australia tour. He has impressed a lot with his batting. He also displayed brilliant batting in Melbourne and finally scored his first Test fifty. Earlier, he had reached close to 50 3 times in this series but was unfortunately out. But in the Boxing Day Test, he did not make any mistake and completed his half-century in 81 balls. As soon as he scored 50 runs, he celebrated in Pushpa's style in front of the Australian fans. Seeing this, the noise of Indian fans echoed in the entire stadium.

Nitish Kumar Reddy sacrificed his life

The Indian team lost 5 wickets on the score of 159 runs on the second day of the Melbourne Test. The third day also did not start well. India lost 2 wickets in the first session. Rishabh Pant got out after playing a bad shot on the score of 191. After this, Nitish Kumar Reddy started fighting against Australia and told through his innings that no matter how difficult it is, he is not going to bow down. Reddy first saved India from follow-on, then completed his half-century. After this, he celebrated in a style of not bowing down like in the movie 'Pushpa'. His innings has once again brought life to Team India and the fans.

Reddy-Sundar's record partnership

After the fall of 6 wickets, Nitish Kumar Reddy first made a small partnership of 31 runs with Ravindra Jadeja. But Jadeja became the victim of Lyon after scoring 17 runs. Despite this, Reddy did not give up. Along with Washington Sundar, he not only kept the wicket but also started collecting runs. Along with Sundar, he made a record century partnership for the 8th wicket.

Till the tea break, both of them have made 105 runs in 195 balls. This is India's biggest partnership for the 8th wicket in Australia. Team India has made 326 runs at the loss of 7 wickets with the help of Nitish's 85 runs and Sundar's 40 runs and is now 148 runs behind Australia.