Young Indian allrounder Nitish Reddy created history in Australia with his gritty century against Australia in the Boxing Test match at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground. He was scoring 105* by the end of the third day; he worked really hard for India and put the team in a slightly better position. Single-handedly he put India in a situation from where they can think of winning the match. To see his amazing batting, Andhra Cricket Association Awards 25 Lakhs cash price to Nitish Reddy Here is what President Kesineni Sivanath said as quoted by TOI "It is a fortunate day and a happiest moment for the Andhra Cricket Association. We are very happy that a boy from Andhra has been picked for the Test format and international T20 format. As an honour, on behalf of the Andhra Cricket Association, Rs 25 lakh prize money is being given to Nitish Kumar Reddy," 🚨 25 LAKHS PRIZE FOR NKR...!!! 🚨- The Andhra Cricket Association has announced a cash prize of 25 Lakhs for Nitish Kumar Reddy. (Sportstar). pic.twitter.com/rIJEit98iw — Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) December 28, 2024 Also Read | Top 3 Reasons Why India Select Nitish Kumar Reddy in the Playing XI for the Boxing Day Test vs Australia This was his first hundred in international cricket, and really special for him. Coming to bat when India were in trouble losing early wickets at the start of the day, he combined with Washington Sundar and helped form a big partnership of 127 runs and bring India into a better position. In this innings he showed great skills, temperament, and especially patience, which was missing in all the Indian batters. He helped India to save the follow-on; in fact, there was a stage when there were huge chances of India facing follow-on, but Nitish Reddy had other intentions. He came in at eight and started dominating the bowling of Australia. He's been so fantastic with this bat in this series but was not scoring big till now. This time, he got the opportunity to do so, and it resulted in a big hundred. Talking about the game, India ended Day 3 with 358/9 on the scorecard. They still trail by 116 runs and a lot will depend on how Nitish Reddy approaches the first session of Day 4. On his part, he was admirably supported by Sundar, who scored 50 runs; but after his dismissal, he couldn't get proper support in the middle.