Nitish Kumar Reddy was welcomed by the entire Indian squad after he returned back at the end of day three of the ongoing BGT 2024 Test in Melbourne. Reddy, with his maiden Test ton, saved India major blushes despite ending day 3 on 358/9.

India, meanwhile, finished day 2 at 164/5, with Rishabh Pant and Ravindra Jadeja undefeated. However, after a brief partnership, both Pant (28) and Jadeja (17) were dismissed, leaving India on 221/7.

Then Nitish Kumar Reddy and Washington Sundar came together to score 127 runs for the eighth wicket. Sundar scored 50 runs as part of their partnership before being dismissed by Nathan Lyon.

However, Nitish persisted even as wickets dropped at the other end, scoring an incredible maiden Test century. He scored 105* as India finished day 3 on 358/9, with terrible light forcing an early conclusion to play.

As Nitish Reddy walked back to the pavilion, he acknowledged the crowd at the MCG and the entire Indian cricket team was near the boundary to celebrates his century and lauded him as he made his way back in.

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