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Day 3: India 9-358 (Reddy 105no) trail by 116 runs

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Dec 28, 2024
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Does any nation bring such drama to the cricket? The television cameras had found Nitish Kumar Reddy’s father in the crowd. The former Hindustan Zinc employee, who’d quit his job so his son could pursue cricket, offered a little prayer and clasped his anxious hands with his son on 99 and India nine down.

These were agonising moments, the 21-year-old had skyed a ball that fell just out of reach of the grasping fielder on 97 - and he’d inexplicably run a second.

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