Debut in Perth and now historic century in Melbourne. Nitish Kumar Reddy, the youngest member of Team India, fulfilled his two big dreams within about 35 days. His dream of playing Test cricket for Team India has been fulfilled and now by scoring the first century of his career, he has brought many years of hard work to the point of success. On the third day of the Melbourne Test match against Australia, Nitish brought Team India out of bad situations by scoring an excellent century in the first innings of Team India. Along with this, he also broke a special record of century made in 1902 at Melbourne Cricket Ground.

Reddy, who came to the crease after the fall of 6 wickets in the first innings of Team India on the third day of Melbourne Test, scored this memorable century. When he came on the field, Team India could score only 191 runs and was 283 runs behind Australia. After this, Reddy along with Washington Sundar made an important partnership of 127 runs and put the team in a better position. By the end of the day's play, Team India had scored 358 runs after losing 9 wickets. Reddy returned unbeaten after scoring 105 runs and on this basis he made some special records.

Record in Nitish's name

1. By the end of the day's play, Nitish Kumar Reddy was unbeaten on 105 runs. According to ESPNcricinfo, Nitish broke the record of the highest innings by coming at number 8 or below at Melbourne Cricket Ground. Earlier in 1902, Australia's Reggie Duff had played an innings of 104 runs at number 10.
2. Nitish has become the first Indian batsman to score a century while batting at number 8 or below in Australia. Earlier, the highest score for India was 87 runs, which was made by Anil Kumble at Adelaide in 2008.
3. Reddy has become only the second Indian batsman to score the first century of his Test career at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Before him, the great all-rounder Vinoo Mankad had done this feat in 1948.
4. During this period, Nitish made a century partnership with Washington Sundar. Sundar scored 50 runs in 162 runs, while Reddy returned unbeaten after scoring 105 runs in 176 balls. In this way, for the first time from India, the number 8 and 9 batsmen faced more than 150 balls in the same innings.
5. Reddy has hit 8 sixes so far in this series, which is the most by the opposing team in any Test series in Australia. In this matter, Reddy has equaled England's Michael Vaughan (2002-03) and Chris Gayle (2009).