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Nitish Kumar Reddy's Baahubali celebration impresses Kangaroos, scores first century of his career

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Cricket News Desk. The Boxing Day Test is being played between India and Australia at MCG. On the third day of the match, 21-year-old young all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy scored his first Test century. Reddy is playing unbeaten on 105 runs even after being stumped. Reddy completed his century in 171 balls. Till now he has also hit 10 fours and 1 six. Reddy has also made some special records in his innings, let's take a look at them.

First Indian to score a century at number eight in Australia
Nitish Kumar Reddy has become the first Indian player to score a century at number 8 in Australia. Earlier, the highest score was of Anil Kumble who scored 87 runs.

Army has become the fourth Indian to score a century at number 8 in Test cricket.
Nitish Kumar Reddy has become the fourth Indian player to score a century at number 8 in Test cricket. Before this, Kapil Dev, Ajit Agarkar and Anil Kumble have achieved this feat.

Third youngest Indian to score a Test century in Australia
Sachin Tendulkar holds the record of being the youngest Indian to score a Test century in Australia. He scored his century at the age of 18 years and 256 days. Second in this list is Rishabh Pant, who scored his first Test century in Australia at the age of 21 years and 92 days. Now Nitish Kumar Reddy has come to third place. He scored his first Test century in Australia at the age of 21 years and 216 days.

Second highest partnership for the 8th wicket in Test matches for India in Australia
The record of the second highest partnership for the 8th wicket for India in Test matches in Australia is in the name of Nitish Kumar Reddy and Washington Sundar. Together they added 127 runs. However, at the top is the pair of Sachin Tendulkar and Harbhajan Singh, who made a partnership of 129 runs in Sydney in 2008.

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