Now speak, century scorer Nitish Reddy stopped the former selector, had said that he is neither a batsman nor a bowler.

Nitish Kumar Reddy: Nitish Kumar Reddy has won the hearts of millions of cricket fans with his excellent innings in the fourth test of the Border-Gavaskar series between India and Australia in Melbourne. With his century, Nitish has not only brought the Indian team back into the match but has also given a befitting reply to the former chief selector of Team India who spoke against him and changed his tune.

What did the former selector say?

Nitish Kumar Reddy has had a good performance in this series against Australia but due to his lower order, he could not play any big innings till now. Because of this, former Indian team selector MSK Prasad had given a statement against him and raised questions on his ability. Prasad had said that Nitish is neither a good batsman nor a bowler. In his place, an expert player should have been given a chance on the Australia tour.

MSK Prasad 🗣️“Nitish Kumar Reddy is creating confusion in Team India. He is not a complete batter and bowler and can’t win matches for the team with his skills. It would have been better to include specialist players.” (On air)

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— Vipin Tiwari (@VipinTiwari952) December 28, 2024

now change the tune

It is said that cricketers should answer their criticism with their performance. Nitish has done the same. He brought India out of a very difficult situation in Melbourne with his brilliant century and put the team in a strong position. After his century, MS K Prasad's tone has changed. In his new statement he has said, Prasad has said that, we have prepared Nitish well. In Under-16, he scored 1200 runs in a season including 400 in an innings. Nitish is a batsman who can also bowl. When Nitish started playing, he used to bat. Then he worked on bowling. Now he is playing as an all-rounder. He has been excellent in the Australia series.

Nitish scored a memorable century

The Indian team was in trouble after losing 7 wickets for 221 runs. From here, Nitish rescued the team from trouble by making a partnership of 127 runs for the 8th wicket with Washington Sundar. At the end of the third day's play, India's score was 358 for 9 wickets. Nitish is unbeaten on 105 runs. Sundar was out after scoring 50 runs. Australia had scored 474 runs in the first innings.

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