The BCCI's tweet for Nitish Kumar Reddy, "Flower Nahi, Fire Hai," goes viral.

In the current Boxing Day Test at MCG, Reddy, who made his Test debut for India in Perth last month, batted at number eight and got his first red-ball fifty.

After Nitish Kumar Reddy, a 21-year-old right-handed batsman from Andhra Pradesh, scored his first Test century for India and helped the Rohit Sharma-led team avoid follow-on in the current fourth Test match against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, the Indian men's cricket team's official X handle (@BCCI) posted a thank-you message on Saturday, December 28. Reddy batted for India at number eight and reached the 50-run milestone in 81 balls with four fours and one six. He received his first Test score.

Nitish created the Pushpa celebration after reaching his first Test fifty, and the BCCI's official X Twitter followed suit by captioning the image, "Flower nahi, fire hai."

The famous statement "Flower nahi, fire hai" is uttered by Tollywood star Allu Arjun in the film Pushpa, whose sequel is currently generating a lot of attention in India.

In addition to the BCCI, many fans, analysts, and former greats of the game also applaud Nitish's fighting knock in the current match.

After Scott Boland sent Rishabh Pant out to the pavilion on Saturday, Reddy came to the crease to bat at No. 8. India was 84 runs away from avoiding the follow-on when Reddy arrived at the crease. He initially teamed up with Ravindra Jadeja (17), with whom he scored 30 runs for the seventh wicket.

Reddy found a partner in Washington Sundar after Nathan Lyon trapped the world's top Test all-rounder in front of the wickets during the morning session of the third day's play. Together, the two have scored over 80 runs for the eighth wicket so far, helping India reach the 300-run milestone for the second time in the current series.