Heartwarming scenes have been witnessed on the Melbourne Cricket Floor on Sunday, when India’s newest Take a look at centurion Nitish Kumar Reddy‘s father, Mutyala Reddy, bowed to batting legend Sunil Gavaskar and touched his ft.
The moments from Reddy household’s assembly with Gavaskar have been captured on video and went viral on social media.
Overwhelmed, Gavaskar hugged Nitish’s father because the 21-year-old cricketer’s mom and sister regarded on.
Nitish made the headlines on Saturday by scoring a well-deserved century to bail India out of hassle on the third day of the fourth Take a look at on the Melbourne Cricket Floor.
The Reddy household had made the journey to Australia for the match in Melbourne, and Nitish did not disappoint them, arising along with his finest innings of the tour to date.
His hundred and a 127-run partnership for the eighth wicket with fellow all-rounder Washington Sundar introduced India again within the match because the guests completed the day at 358 for 9 after being 221 for 7 at one stage.
On Sunday, Australia took the remaining one wicket of the Indian innings shortly to wrap up the guests for 369 and take a wholesome 105-run lead.
Nitish was the final wicket to fall, dismissed by off-spinner Nathan Lyon for 114, which included 11 fours and a six.
The century took Nitish’s tally of runs in his debut Take a look at sequence to 293 in 6 innings, which is the very best amongst Indian batters. Australia’s Travis Head leads the listing with 409 runs.
