{"id":206670,"date":"2025-01-03T00:57:18","date_gmt":"2025-01-03T00:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/03\/there-were-no-words-nitish-kumar-reddy-on-meeting-his-father-after-scoring-his-maiden-test-hundred-cricket-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2025-01-03T00:57:18","modified_gmt":"2025-01-03T00:57:18","slug":"there-were-no-words-nitish-kumar-reddy-on-meeting-his-father-after-scoring-his-maiden-test-hundred-cricket-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/03\/there-were-no-words-nitish-kumar-reddy-on-meeting-his-father-after-scoring-his-maiden-test-hundred-cricket-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;There were no words&#8217;: Nitish Kumar Reddy on meeting his father after scoring his maiden Test hundred | Cricket News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-116898225,imgsize-26682,width-400,resizemode-4\/116898225.jpg?resize=400,225&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"&#8216;There were no words&#8217;: Nitish Kumar Reddy on meeting his father after scoring his maiden Test hundred | Cricket News &#8211; Times of India\" title=\"&#8216;There were no words&#8217;: Nitish Kumar Reddy on meeting his father after scoring his maiden Test hundred | Cricket News &#8211; Times of India\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\">\n<div class=\"_s30J clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"MwN2O\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"T22zO\">\n<section class=\"D3Wk1  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  VtlfQ\" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"D3Wk1\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"zPaFh\">\n<div class=\"wJnIp\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: India lost the <!-- -->Boxing Day Test<!-- --> against Australia by 184 runs at the <!-- -->Melbourne Cricket Ground<!-- --> on Monday, but <!-- -->Nitish Kumar Reddy<!-- --> scored his <!-- -->maiden Test hundred<!-- --> in the India first innings.<br \/>The hundred by Nitish at No. 8 came when India needed someone to stay at the crease.<br \/>Having made his debut in the <!-- -->Perth Test<!-- -->, Reddy had scores of 41, 38*, 42, 42 and 16 heading into the Boxing Day Test against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.<br \/>Reddy arrived at the crease at the dismissal of <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/rishabh-pant\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Rishabh Pant<\/a> with India at 191\/6 with the follow-on threat still looming large on Day 3 of the fourth Test on Saturday.<br \/>But Reddy showed remarkable application and temperament to put up a 127-run stand with <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/washington-sundar\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Washington Sundar<\/a> for the eighth wicket enroute his maiden Test hundred.<br \/>Before the fifth Test in Sydney got underway, the official handle of Cricket Australia shared a video of Reddy talking about meeting his father after scoring his maiden Test hundred.<br \/>Reddy says in the video, &#8220;There were no words, he just came to me and hugged me, I was also hugging him and for 30 seconds I felt the warm hug. 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