Nitish Reddy was batting with a strike rate of over 70 before Tea and scored the last 18 runs to his century in 49 runs.
Oh, what drama! The heartbeat of the whole of India was beating 10 clicks faster as Nitish Kumar Reddy was stuck at 99 and Jasprit Bumrah was dismissed by Pat Cummins. Three balls were left in the 114th over, and on strike was Mohammed Siraj. The first ball whizzed past the number eleven’s bat, and Siraj had no clue about it.
Cummins gave a wry smile while Nitish, his father, and everyone watching had their hearts in their mouths. Luckily, Siraj survived two more balls, and in the next over, Nitish Reddy lofted a good length ball of middle and leg stump over mid-on’s head and scored his maiden Test century.
The hundred was on everyone’s eye. Before the last session, he was on 85(119). Nervous, Nitish Reddy batted slower than he’s ever had in his short career. The three digits were clearly on his mind. From a strike rate of 71, by the time he reached those triple digits, it was under 60.
Of course, no one cared about how fast or slow he was batting. One just feared that the moment doesn’t get to him and he doesn’t become a victim of the nervous nineties. But slowly he was getting there. Nitish Reddy was on 97 when Washington Sundar departed.
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