Emotional scenes unfolded at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday when India’s newest Test centurion, Nitish Kumar Reddy's father, Mutyala, bowed in reverence to cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar and touched his feet.

The emotional moment, captured on video, quickly went viral on social media. Gavaskar embraced Nitish’s father, overwhelmed by the gesture, while the 21-year-old cricketer’s mother and sister looked on, moved by the touching exchange.