IND vs AUS: After winning the first Test match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Perth, the Indian team is facing Australia in the second match at the Adelaide Oval. India's first innings in the Adelaide Test has ended and now the Australian team has come out to bat. The Indian team was limited to 180 runs in the first innings. Mitchell Starc took maximum 6 wickets for Australia. Whereas the top scorer for India was Nitish Kumar Reddy. By hitting three sixes during his innings, he defeated even legends like Virat Kohli, Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Sourav Ganguly in one case.

Nitish Reddy hit 3 sixes in Adelaide's first innings

When India's first innings was faltering in Perth, debutant Nitish Kumar Reddy took charge of his team and due to his innings, India was successful in scoring 150 runs. At the Adelaide Oval also, Nitish Reddy did a similar feat for the team. The Indian innings faltered in Adelaide also. Then Nitish Kumar Reddy, playing only the second Test of his career, played aggressively and scored 42 runs in 54 balls. In this innings he hit 3 fours and three sixes.

A total of 6 sixes came from Nitish's bat in Australia.

The first innings of Perth Test was the first Test innings of Nitish's career. He was India's top scorer then. He scored 41 runs in 59 balls and hit 1 six. After this, he hit two sixes while scoring unbeaten 38 runs in the second innings. Now, with three sixes in the first innings of Adelaide, his total number of Test sixes in Australia has increased to 6. With this, he has defeated many Indian giants in this matter.

These greats including Virat-Dhoni-Ganguly were left behind

Reddy has left behind Virat Kohli, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Sourav Ganguly, VVS Laxman, Kapil Dev and Rahul Dravid in terms of hitting the most number of sixes in a Test against Australia at home. Overall, in this matter, former West Indies cricketer Chris Gayle (12 sixes in 10 innings) and Viv Richards (12 sixes in 39 innings) are ahead.