Nitish Kumar Reddy. (R) | (Credits: Twitter)
Team India all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy’s father touched Sunil Gavaskar’s feet before play in the Boxing Day Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). With Reddy scoring a hundred on day three of the decisive MCG Test, the 75-year-old said Indian cricket has a diamond in their hands due to them.
The 21-year-old scored his maiden Test hundred on day three of the Boxing Day Test to stage a fightback for Team India after Australia won the previous couple of days. With the youngster getting there with a boundary off Scott Boland in the dying stages of the day, his father was present at the venue and became emotional to the extent of bursting to tears.
Speaking in a video uploaded by Star Sports, Gavaskar told Reddy’s family in an emotional meet-up:
“Mujhe maloom hai aap logo kitna sactfice kiya hai. Aapki wajah se mere aankhon mey aansu aa rahe they. Aapke wajah se Bharat ko ye heera mila hai. (He has struggled a lot. Because of you, I am tearing up. Because of you, India has got a diamond, Indian cricket has got a diamond)
