Nitish Kumar Reddy leaves commentators in awe with outrageous reverse-scoop six off Scott Boland in Adelaide Test: Watch
Nitish Reddy top-scored for India in the first innings of the second Test against Australia with an entertaining 42 at the Adelaide Oval.
Nitish Kumar Reddy left the Australian commentators in awe on the opening day of the second Test in Adelaide with an outrageous reverse-scoop six off Scott Boland on Friday. Fighting the lone battle at the Adelaide Oval when none of his Indian teammates could stand on against an lethal Australian pace attack, the right-hander from Andhra Pradesh showed tremendous composure, playing just in his second Test.
The incident took place on the second ball of the 42nd over. Th right-hander who went into his position early on, waited for Boland's length delivery before swinging his bat at the right time. The connection was so spot on that the ball travelled over third-man boundary for a six, leaving everyone awestruck.
That's not all as Reddy smashed Boland for a four and six more in the same over. However, he was the last Indian batter to be dismissed as the visitors managed just 180 runs in the first innings.
Watch Nitish Kumar Reddy's six
Meanwhile, Mitchell Starc rocked the Indian batting line-up with figures of 6/48 to wreck havoc on the opposition. It was also Starc's maiden five-wicket haul against India in Tests.
Having reduced India to 82/4 at tea, Australia took the remaining six wickets at the cost of 98 runs before dinner break was taken. The Australian pace trio of Starc, Pat Cummins and Scott Boland got more out of the pink ball in the second session.
Starc sizzled with his trademark inswingers to remove Ravichandran Ashwin and Harshit Rana while Cummins used the short ball effectively. Rohit Sharma (3 off 23), batting in the middle order after six years, was trapped in front by Boland with a ball that jagged back from length.
Rishabh Pant (21 off 35) played his aggressive game before falling to a sharp bouncer from Cummins. Reddy (42 off 54), who impressed on his debut in Perth, added valuable runs to the total alongside number eight Ashwin (22 off 22), who replaced Washington Sundar in the playing XI.
Seeing the wickets falling at the other end, Reddy went for his shots and that included a couple of sensational sixes off Starc and Boland to take the total past 150.
Earlier, in the first session, it was Starc who landed the timely blows as India squandered a promising start. Starc removed opener KL Rahul (37 off 64 balls) and Virat Kohli (7 off 8 balls) in quick succession to turn the tide in Australia's favour. That was after a 69-run stand between Rahul and Shubman Gill (31 off 51).
It got worse for India when Boland had a well set Gill plumb in front with a full ball on the stumps. In a remarkable of turn events, India lost their last three wickets for 12 runs.
With PTI inputs
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First Published:6 Dec 2024, 03:03 PM IST
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