Daily News: IND vs AUS Day 2 Highlights: Nitish Reddy Century, Rohit Sharma to retire?
Day 3 of the 4th test match was owned by Indian batters Nitish Kumar Reddy and Washington Sundar. After early wickets of Rishabh Pant and Ravindra Jadeja early in the morning, both batters batted beautifully the whole day. Rishabh Pant scored 28 runs and gave his wicket to the Australian team. By playing a shot behind the stumps, he made an easy catch for the third-man fielder. His dismissal attracts heavy criticism from the legends like Sunil Gavaskar, Sanjay Manjrekar and more. While Ravindra Jadeja scored 17 runs after 51 balls.
— Sunil Gavaskar (@gavaskar_theman) December 28, 2024
After two dismissals, Sundar and Reddy contributed to a partnership of 157 runs and batted for most of the day. The partnership was crucial for India, as no batter followed them, and the team trailed by over 250 runs. Sundar scored 50 runs out of 162 balls, hitting only one boundary, which shows his resilience.
MCG NEEDS TO STAND AND SALUTE THIS FIGHTER....!!! 🫡
- Take a bow, Sundar. pic.twitter.com/0pfTlHnfIN
Nitish Kumar Reddy’s Heroic Innings
The name Nitish Reddy, which was unheard of by most of the cricket fraternity a month ago, is now well-known to cricket fans around the world. A young 21-year-old boy from Andhra Pradesh has etched his name on the honours board of MCG. He is now India's top run-getter for India in this Border Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25. In his innings, Reddy School had 105* runs in 176 balls, hitting 10 boundaries and one six. Nitish scored 284 runs in 6 in the series and became the highest scorer from the Indian sides.
When your dreams turn into reality. 🥹
- Nitish Kumar Reddy's father invested so much in him, now Nitish giving it back. 👊🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/KRm4HZAHvz
He got praise from the legends like Sunil Gavaskar, VVS Laxman, Sachin Tendulkar and more.
A knock to remember by Nitish. He has impressed me right from the 1st Test and his composure and temperament have been on display right through. Today he took it a notch higher to play a crucial innings in this series. Wonderfully and ably supported by @Sundarwashi5 as well. What an innings , dear Nitish. To become the third youngest Indian to score a Test hundred in Aus and what an ocassion to do it with the team in trouble. I am sure this will be first of many. Enjoyed your positivity and fearless stroke play. Keep it up. God bless you always 🌸 pic.twitter.com/tSWuL4kKYF
Well… pic.twitter.com/XA2asQVphR
By the end of the day, India was at 358 for nine, trailing by 116 runs with Nitish Reddy and Mohammed Siraj on the crease.
Rohit Sharma Retirement
The report suggests that after this test match, India chief selector Ajit Agarkar will have a discussion with Rohit Sharma about his test cricket future. The report even suggests that if India doesn't qualify for the WTC final, the Sydney test could be Rohit’s last test.
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The Chairman of Selectors, Ajit Agarkar, is currently in Melbourne and is likely to have a discussion with Rohit Sharma regarding his future in Test cricket.
If India doesn’t qualify for the WTC 2025 Final, the fifth Test in Sydney could mark the end of Rohit… pic.twitter.com/a1IwmhPu7a