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BGT | Twitter in dismay as Nitish regrets placing faith in Bumrah to put own century at risk

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BySportsCafe Desk, SportsCafe Editor

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Wagging with the tail has for long been one of the most underrated aspects in red ball cricket with runs at the bottom of the order priceless. Nitish Kumar Reddy performed that role to perfection on Saturday at the MCG, until he started his bowlers a bit too much and nearly paid the price.

In pursuit of Australia's mammoth first innings total of 474, India found themselves reeling at 221/7 on Day 3 of the Boxing Day Test. However, when all hope looked lost, Nitish Kumar Reddy and Washington Sundar rose to the occasion with a 127-run stand before the latter finally departed for a well-made 50 in the 112th over. With just Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj to come, Nitish found himself stranded at 97 and then made matters worse for himself in a brain-fade moment.

On strike for the entirety of Scott Boland's over that followed Sundar's wicket, Nitish fended off the first five balls before launching the last delivery over covers. Bumrah sprinted across to complete a run but much to his surprise, Nitish called for a second and he obliged. The all-rounder instantly realized the blunder he had committed, resigning the tailender to front-up against Cummins -- a battle that lasted three balls before Bumrah was caught at slip.

Twitterati was in sync with Nitish's sinking feeling, as all hopes thus lay on Siraj to give company to the youngster.

Damn!



Oh god!

Blunder

Sad

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WTF

Hopes

Avoid

Well played

Youngest

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