The Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 has been very good so far for Team India's young all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy. He has scored very important runs with the bat in this series. Something similar was seen in the Melbourne Test also. When he came out to bat on the third day of the Melbourne Test, Team India had lost 6 wickets for 191 runs. But by lunch he managed to take Team India's score to 244 runs. During this, he also made a special record of sixes in his name.

Nitish Reddy's big feat in Australia

Nitish Kumar Reddy scored unbeaten 40 runs on 61 balls till lunch on the third day of Melbourne Test. His innings included 3 fours and 1 six. This six was very special for him. Because this was the 8th time in this series, when Nitish Kumar Reddy hit the ball for a six. With this he equaled the maximum number of sixes hit in a Test series against Australia at their home. At the same time, Nitish Kumar Reddy is the first batsman from India to hit so many sixes in a Test series in Australia.

Before Nitish Kumar Reddy, only two batsmen could hit so many sixes in a Test series against Australia at their home. Michael Vaughan hit 8 sixes in the 2002-03 Ashes series. At the same time, Chris Gayle had hit so many sixes in a Test series during the 2009-10 Australia tour. Now Nitish Kumar Reddy has done this feat. Let us tell you, Nitish Kumar Reddy now has a chance to come first in this list. He can overtake both these greats in this innings.

One of the successful batsmen in Border-Gavaskar Trophy

Let us tell you, Nitish Kumar Reddy has scored more than 200 runs in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25. He is the third Indian to touch the 200-run mark in this series. Apart from him, only Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul have scored 200+ runs. At the same time, so far in this series he has scored 30+ runs 5 times. This is only the fourth time that a batsman from Team India has scored 30+ runs 5 times in a Test series while playing at 7 or below.