{"id":204179,"date":"2024-12-29T17:41:21","date_gmt":"2024-12-29T17:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/29\/nitish-kumar-reddy-reflects-on-his-century-in-boxing-day-test-opens-on-sacrifice-from-father-in-his-journey\/"},"modified":"2024-12-29T17:41:21","modified_gmt":"2024-12-29T17:41:21","slug":"nitish-kumar-reddy-reflects-on-his-century-in-boxing-day-test-opens-on-sacrifice-from-father-in-his-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/29\/nitish-kumar-reddy-reflects-on-his-century-in-boxing-day-test-opens-on-sacrifice-from-father-in-his-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"Nitish Kumar Reddy reflects on his century in Boxing Day Test, opens on sacrifice from father in his journey"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/resize.indiatvnews.com\/en\/centered\/newbucket\/1200_675\/2024\/12\/wtc-final-10-1735484315.webp?fit=1200,675&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Nitish Kumar Reddy reflects on his century in Boxing Day Test, opens on sacrifice from father in his journey\" title=\"Nitish Kumar Reddy reflects on his century in Boxing Day Test, opens on sacrifice from father in his journey\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content\">\n<div class=\"atimgbign\" id=\"story-featured-image\" style=\"display: inline-block;\">\n<figure class=\"artbigimg row\"><figcaption><span class=\"author\">Image Source : GETTY<\/span> Nitish Kumar Reddy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"artconfp\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/topic\/nitish-kumar\" rel=\"noopener\">Nitish Kumar<\/a> Reddy broke into the headlines after slamming his maiden Test century in the Boxing Day Test of the ongoing Border-Gavaskar series. With the Indian team in major trouble, Nitish slammed a hundred to give them some hope in the fourth Test in Melbourne.  <!-- \/8323530\/ITv_Desktop_VDO_1X1 -->\n  <\/p>\n<p>He scored 114 in a well-measured knock under immense pressure. His knock helped India reach 369, from being at 221\/7 at one point. Reddy has opened up on his performance in the Boxing Day Test and on the support he has got from his father Mutyalu.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Some people doubted me, like a youngster who played <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/topic\/ipl\" rel=\"noopener\">IPL<\/a>, can&#8217;t perform in such a big series. I know a lot of people did talk like that,&#8221; Reddy said at the end of the fourth day of the MCG Test.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I just want to make them feel wrong about what they have said about me and that&#8217;s what I am doing, I want people to know that I am here to give my 100 per cent for the Indian team,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>He has been on the rise in Indian cricket in the last few months. He had made his T20I debut against Bangladesh in October. But his journey has been far long. &#8220;I guess for you guys, it is like one or two months. For me, it&#8217;s like, I can see my my past two to three years. How hard I&#8217;ve been working on my batting and bowling,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>He also opened up on how he worked in the off-season in IPL on his batting. &#8220;After the first IPL season, I realised what I have to improve my batting and I came up with a plan. When I got the off-season, I worked a lot on my batting and that&#8217;s what is giving results now. It&#8217;s not about the one month and two months, I have done the work from last two-three years to be here,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Reddy also opened up on his father&#8217;s support and sacrifice in his journey. &#8220;To be honest, my father had 25 years of service in central government and when I was a nobody, and hadn\u2019t played a state-level game, the first person who believed in me was my father,&#8221; he was a touch emotional.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He believed in me and he resigned from his job for me. He would take me to the ground, gym, always he wanted to be with me. He made a lot of sacrifices. If I have to tell about him, time won&#8217;t be sufficient but I am so grateful to have a father like him,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>He also talked about the praise he received from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/topic\/virat-kohli\" rel=\"noopener\">Virat Kohli<\/a> after his hundred. Kohli is the man Reddy looked up to as a child. &#8220;I have been watching Virat from my childhood. He is my idol and now finally I have played with him. When he scored a hundred in Perth, I was at the non-striker\u2019s end. I felt so happy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Now, I scored a century, he appreciated me. He came to me and said that &#8216;you really played well, you got the team back in the game&#8217;. I always dreamt about that moment and finally when he talked with me, that&#8217;s the best moment for me,&#8221; Reddy said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async>\nfunction loadFacebookScript(){\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '529056027274737');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n}\nwindow.addEventListener('load', (event) => {\n\tsetTimeout(function(){\n        loadFacebookScript();\n\t}, 5000);\n});\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/sports\/cricket\/nitish-kumar-reddy-reflects-on-his-century-in-boxing-day-test-opens-on-sacrifice-from-father-in-his-journey-2024-12-29-968531\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image Source : GETTY Nitish Kumar Reddy. Nitish Kumar Reddy broke into the headlines after slamming his maiden Test century in the Boxing Day Test of the ongoing Border-Gavaskar series. With the Indian team in major trouble, Nitish slammed a hundred to give them some hope in the fourth Test in Melbourne. 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