[Watch] Nitish Reddy bowled by Pat Cummins in unfortunate fashion for 16 off 61 balls in BGT 2024-25 3rd Test

Australian captain Pat Cummins scored in the first over of his new spell as he dismissed Nitish Kumar Reddy on the fourth day of the third Test against Australia at the Gabba in Brisbane. The 31-year-old had his all-rounder sliced ​​across the stumps to derail the tourists in their attempt to save the event.

The dismissal came in the 60th over when the Australian captain’s long ball was slightly edged and Reddy defended it away from his body. With the ball taking the inside edge off his bat, he sliced ​​his leg on the way as the youngster showed his disappointment. He had survived 60 deliveries till then and the wicket ended Ravindra Jadeja’s 53-run stand.

The 21-year-old has been impressive with the bat in this series so far as he top-scored for the tourists in the first innings of the Perth Test with 41 and followed it up with an unbeaten 38 in the second. He did the same in both innings in the next Test in Adelaide by taking the maximum score of 42.

Pat Cummins had earlier sacked Rishabh Pant and Rohit Sharma.

Meanwhile, the right-arm pacer had picked up two more wickets before dismissing Reddy, sending opposite number Rohit Sharma and wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant packing. The 31-year-old was slightly flat in the opening game at Perth’s Optus Stadium, but excelled in the next Test in Adelaide, taking a fifty in the second innings, helping Australia level the series.

The new South Welshman would have had KL Rahul in the first over of the fourth day, but Steve Smith missed a simple chance to slip. However, the 35-year-old made amends when he caught a blinder off the bowling of Nathan Lyon. At Tea, India is still almost 50 runs away from avoiding the continuation