Bengaluru, March 20 -- Ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025, Nitish Kumar Reddy sat down with PUMA India to reflect on his meteoric rise--from his record-breaking Border-Gavaskar Trophy century to the lighthearted dressing room banter that earned him a special gift from Virat Kohli, now forever tied to that historic innings.

A lifelong fan of Kohli, he couldn't resist when the cricket legend offered up a prized pair of his shoes. Wearing them at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Nitish scripted history, becoming the first Indian batter to score a Test century in Australia from No. 8--the third-youngest Indian centurion in Australia after Sachin Tendulkar & Rishabh Pant--and setting the record for the most sixes by an Indian in a Tes...