Nitish Kumar Reddy marked his maiden Test half-century in style, doing the iconic ‘Pushpa’ celebration during the Boxing Day Test.

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Nitish Kumar Reddy reaching his maiden Test half-century with a cracking cover drive of left-arm pacer Mitchell Starc on Day three of Boxing Day Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. As the ball trickled down to the boundary rope, the all-rounder from Visakhapatnam pulled out Allu Arjun’s ‘Pushpa Raj’ move to celebrate the feat.

Team India all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy came up with a 'Pushpa' celebration after scoring his maiden Test fifty on day four against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). The seam-bowling all-rounder crafted the Pushpa celebration with his bat, having crunched a boundary off Mitchell Starc's bowling.

Nitish Kumar Reddy's score at stumps on the third day of the MCG Test is the highest for batter from No. 8 or lower in Tests in Melbourne. Australian Reggie Duff's 104 from No. 10 in 1902 was the previous highest.

Batting at No. 8, Reddy delivered a remarkable knock under pressure to help India avoid the follow-on. The right-handed batter reached his first Test fifty in 81 deliveries, hitting four boundaries and a six.