In Pics: Nitish Reddy Leads India's Fightback In 4th Test vs Australia

Nitish Reddy's gritty century severely dented Australia's hopes of winning the Boxing Day contest.

Reddy's unbeaten 105 took India to 358 for nine, still 116 runs short of Australia's first innings score of 474 as rain brought an early end to the third day's play.

Reddy, easily India's 'find of the series', played a pivotal role in visitors' fightback.

Reddy's combative spirit and the invaluable 127-run stand he shared with Washington Sundar (50 off 162 balls) proved to be the turning point for the visitors.

Reddy's innings was termed as one of greatest Test knocks by the legendary Sunil Gavaskar given the situation.