HYDERABAD: When Nitish Kumar Reddy knelt down at the Melbourne Cricket Ground to celebrate his century against Australia on Saturday, he stood taller than a giant. It was also his way of telling the world where he came from — the land of Telugu movies or Tollywood — which shapes popular culture in the two Telugu states of AP and Telangana.

Nitish Kumar Reddy injected hope back into the Indian dressing room on the back of his maiden Test century at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in the Boxing Day Test match. Nitish went back unbeaten on 105 at stumps on Day 3 as he carried India from 191/6 to 358/9.

Melbourne: The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) witnessed a thrilling turnaround on the third day of the fourth Test between India and Australia. India's young sensation, Nitish Reddy, stole the show with a majestic unbeaten maiden century,

Nitish Kumar Reddy scored a defiant maiden century on Saturday as he fought to get India back into the fourth Test against Australia. In his first six Test innings, he has scored 282 runs at an average of just over 70.