After hearing the name Pushpa, did you think of it as a flower, I am fire… This dialogue from Allu Arjun's blockbuster film Pushpa Raj fits perfectly on the new superstar of Team India. We are talking about Nitish Reddy, who has established Reddy rule in Australia. Nitish Reddy scored a record-breaking century on the Melbourne grounds and thousands of fans bowed in obeisance to him. But there was one person among the fans who was both laughing and crying. This was the same person who made Nitish Reddy fire with flowers. This person was none other than Nitish's father Mutyala Reddy.

Nitish Reddy's father's hard work pays off

When 21 year old young all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy was selected for Australia, many people had a question in their mind that why this player without experience was selected in the team, and many veterans also raised questions on the place of this player. Were. On the other hand, Australia might also have made plans to stop batsmen like Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant. But Nitish Reddy proved to be a surprise package. But Nitish Reddy's journey to reach Team India has not been easy at all. For Nitish Reddy to reach here, his father Mutyala Reddy also made hard work and sacrifices.

Let us tell you, Nitish Reddy started playing cricket at a young age. At the same time, to make Nitish a cricketer, his father Mutyala Reddy had made a big sacrifice and left his government job. Actually, when Nitish was 12 years old, his father was an employee in Hindustan Zinc. He was transferred from Visakhapatnam to Udaipur in Rajasthan. But Mutyala Reddy had decided to leave his job and support Nitish. Let us tell you, Reddy had 25 years of service left when he decided to retire early.

Worked day and night for my son's dream

After leaving the government job, Mutyala had to face a lot of financial problems but he did not give up. In fact, due to constantly taking his son here and there for coaching sessions and camps, he had very little time left to take up a second job or focus on his business. In such a situation, he used to run his household only on the interest he received from the retirement fund. For which there was a lot of criticism from relatives. But this father-son duo never gave up. Not only this, his mother Manasa also always stood by Nitish.

Mutyala Reddy cried when Nitish scored a century

Nitish Reddy completed his century in 171 balls in Melbourne. Nitish Kumar Reddy is still unbeaten on 105 runs and will take his score forward on the fourth day. Mutyala Reddy could not control himself after seeing his son scoring a century in Melbourne. During this time he looked very emotional and started crying on the field itself. He was celebrating his son's century, but his eyes were also moist. After all, what can be a greater moment of pride for a father than the fact that his son is bringing glory not only to the family but also to the entire country in the world.

Nitish Reddy has become such a problem for Australia that the Kangaroo team has not been able to find a solution yet. Nitish Reddy has now become the highest run scorer in this series. So far he has scored 284 runs at an average of 71. At the same time, now only Travis Head is ahead of him in this series. Nitish Kumar Reddy would like to continue his streak like this, so that he can make the tour more memorable.