Nitish Kumar Reddy, India's latest Test centurion, owes his place among India's cricket heroes to the sacrifices made by his father, Mutyala Reddy, who incidentally was present at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Saturday and watched his son score a well-deserved maiden international and Test hundred.
The climax of Nitish's century came amid high-drama on the closing stages of third day's play in the fourth Test of the Border Gavaskar Trophy. And when he hit Scott Boland straight for a four to reach the three-figure mark, the father had his arms in the air and tears in his eyes, as those around an emotional Mutyala congratulated him.
