Nitish Kumar Reddy's father, Mutyala Reddy bowed down to Sunil Gavaskar and touched his feet after meeting him at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Mutyala was in tears as his son scored a century on the third day of the ongoing Boxing Day Test match at the MCG.

Nitish Kumar Reddy's score at stumps on the third day of the MCG Test is the highest for batter from No. 8 or lower in Tests in Melbourne. Australian Reggie Duff's 104 from No. 10 in 1902 was the previous highest.

A dazzling and unbeaten 105 by Nitish Reddy at the Melbourne Cricket Ground not only kept India afloat in their five-Test series against Australia but had two important implications for world cricket,