New Delhi, Dec. 29 -- Nitish Kumar Reddy's father, Mutyala Reddy, touched legendary Sunil Gavaskar's feet in an emotional meeting on the sidelines of the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) after his son scored a maiden Test ton against Australia on Saturday in the ongoing fourth Test. Along with Mutyala, was his Nitish mother, sister and brother.

In the video that went viral, Mutyala was seen going down on both knees and touched Gavaskar's feet before the duo hugged each other. The former India captain also greeted the other members of the Reddy family with folded hands and said "Bless you."

"You know about the big sacrifices he made (in Nitish's journey) and because of you I have tears in my eyes. India has found a gem in cricket because o...