By Moneycontrol Sports Desk | December 28, 2024
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Nitish Kumar Reddy made headlines during the 2024-25 BGT Boxing Day Test. Batting at No. 8, he scored an unbeaten 105, rescuing India from 191/6.
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Leading India in the 2020 Boxing Day Test, Ajinkya Rahane showcased his class with a brilliant 112.
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Cheteshwar Pujara’s determined 106 in the 2018 Melbourne Test was crucial to India’s success.
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Rahane joined forces with Kohli in the same match, scoring an outstanding 147. His knock, laced with 21 boundaries, came during a 262-run partnership with Kohli.
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During the Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) 2014-15, Virat Kohli delivered a sublime 169 in the third Test at Melbourne.
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Explosive opener Virender Sehwag holds the record for the highest Test score by an Indian at the MCG with his blistering 195 in 2003.
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Tendulkar, India’s batting maestro and the highest scorer for India at the MCG (449 runs), delivered a masterful 116 in the first innings of the 1999 Boxing Day Test.
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The legendary Gundappa Viswanath scored a gritty 114 in the second innings of the 1981 Melbourne Test
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Widely regarded as one of India’s greatest openers, Sunil Gavaskar crafted a fine century at the MCG in 1977.
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Vinoo Mankad became the first Indian batsman to score a century at the MCG during the 1948 Melbourne Test.
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Mankad continued his stellar form on the 1947-48 tour of Australia by registering another century in the fifth Test, also in Melbourne.