WATCH: Debutant Sam Konstas DESTROYS Jasprit Bumrah with incredible ramp six
Australia batter Sam Konstas, who made his international debut with the Boxing Day Test against India in Melbourne impressed everyone with a fine knock. Konstas replaced Nathan McSweeney in Australia’s playing XI and showed exactly why selectors made a brave call of adding him to the team.
The 19-year-old played a valuable knock of 60 runs from 65 deliveries to provide Australia with a great start alongside Usman Khawaja. Konstas scored 6 boundaries and 2 sixes in his impressive knock both coming off India pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah.
The debutant dismantled Bumrah in the seamer’s fourth over by smashing him for 2 boundaries and a six, picking up 16 runs off the 6 deliveries. It was the first six the Indian pacer conceded in Test cricket in nearly 4 years. Most of the boundaries that Konstas hit came in the form of ramp shots.
Konstas also became the first Australia batter to hit Bumrah for a six in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar series. While most of the senior players from his side have struggled against the Indian pacer, the 19-year-old showed a new way by which Bumrah can be tackled.
Konstas’ entertaining innings was put to an end by veteran India spinner Ravindra Jadeja by trapping him leg-before in the 20th over.
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