{"id":263337,"date":"2025-03-21T00:32:09","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T00:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/21\/nitish-kumar-reddy-reveals-virat-kohli-factor-behind-century-at-mcg\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T00:32:09","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T00:32:09","slug":"nitish-kumar-reddy-reveals-virat-kohli-factor-behind-century-at-mcg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/21\/nitish-kumar-reddy-reveals-virat-kohli-factor-behind-century-at-mcg\/","title":{"rendered":"Nitish Kumar Reddy reveals Virat Kohli factor behind century at MCG"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nitish Kumar Reddy revealed that he was wearing Virat Kohli’s shoes in the fourth Test against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The youngster scored a century in the match, which was his first in international cricket.<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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After a successful IPL<\/a> in 2024, Nitish Kumar<\/a> Reddy made his way to India\u2019s white-ball squad. Interestingly, the all-rounder was also picked for the five-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy as the Rohit Sharma<\/a>-led side was eagerly looking for a suitable all-rounder. Even though Nitish didn\u2019t have enough experience in red-ball cricket, he got the nod and made his debut in the first Test in Perth.<\/p>\n

The 21-year-old ended up having an excellent tour in the Down Under, scoring 298 runs in five matches. He also scored a phenomenal century at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), for which, the cricketer received massive praise from legendary cricketers such as Sunil Gavaskar and Ravi Shastri.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Recalling his memories from the tour, the cricketer recently shared that he was wearing Virat Kohli<\/a>\u2019s shoes in the Melbourne match. Sharing the details, the Visakhapatnam-born mentioned that the Delhi-born was asking for shoe sizes in the dressing room and upon matching with Virat, he was gifted the pair.<\/p>\n

\u201cBack in the locker room, he (Kohli) once asked Sarfaraz (Khan), \u2018Sarfu, tera size kya hai?\u2019 (Sarfaraz, what\u2019s your shoe size?), and he said, \u2018Nine.\u2019 Then he turned to me, and I thought, \u2018Oh my god, I have to guess this correctly,\u2019 because even if they weren\u2019t my size, I really wanted his shoes. I said, \u201810,\u2019 and he gave them to me. In the next match, I wore those shoes and scored a hundred!” said Reddy in a podcast on PUMA\u2019s Youtube channel on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Reddy meanwhile will represent Sunrisers Hyderabad in the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). In the last season, he scored 303 runs in 13 matches at a strike rate of 142.92. He also clinched three wickets. Notably, SRH value him highly and for the same reason, the franchise has retained him for INR 6 crore for IPL 2025.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n