'Gautam Gambhir was adamant' - MSK Prasad's shocking claims about India head coach after Nitish Kumar Reddy's century against Australia

The young batting sensation Nitish Kumar Reddy has left everyone stunned with his outstanding century. He scored a historic and unbeaten century on the third day of the ongoing Border Gavaskar Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne. Meanwhile, a lot of opinions and statements are pouring out across the cricketing fraternity, including the former cricketers, experts and fans of the game.

In the same line of events, former Indian chief selector MSK Prasad has also come up with a shocking statement about Nitish Kumar Reddy’s inclusion in the Indian Test team, alongside mentioning the role of India head coach Gautam Gambhir.

“Gautam Gambhir was adamant about taking Nitish Reddy despite the resistance of selectors to Australia, credit for his success should also go to GG,” said MSK Prasad on Star Sports.

Earlier in the past, MSK Prasad had been in the headlines for his controversial remarks, statements and revelations about Indian cricket and the omission of some cricketers from the national team. It also included the name of former India batter Ambati Rayudu’s exclusion from India’s 2019 ODI World Cup squad.

Nitish Kumar Reddy holds fort for India amidst a downfall

MSK Prasad on Star Sports, "Gautam Gambhir was adamant to take Nitish Reddy despite resisitance of selectors to Australia, credit for his success should also go to GG".
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Notably, Reddy’s century came for India when their top batters failed to deliver against the Aussie bowling attack. The 21-year-old scored unbeaten 105 runs, with 10 fours and a six at the end of third day’s play in the ongoing Boxing Day Test.

Besides that, the Hyderabad youngster also stitched a decisive and relieving partnership of 127 for the eighth wicket to rescue India from a miserable position in the match.

Speaking of the action of the game, India had scored 358 runs for the loss of eight wickets at the time of stumps on the third day of the game. Centurion Nitish Kumar Reddy and number 11 batter Mohammed Siraj went unbeaten to the pavilion. The tourists are still 116 runs behind Australia’s first-innings score of 474 runs.