Sam Konstas, Australia’s youngest Test opener, has made one of the most remarkable starts to an international career by boldly taking on India in front of 90,000 fans at the MCG. The 19-year-old showed nerves of steel on debut by attacking Jasprit Bumrah - the world’s No.1 ranked bowler who took 21 wickets during the first three Tests to repeatedly destroy Australia’s top order - in the Boxing Day Test.
WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: All the highlights from Sam Konstas’ innings. Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today Bumrah failed to take a wicket during the first session, as Australia went to lunch at 1-112 with Usman Khawaja (38) and Marnus Labuschagne (12) unbeaten. The flair of Konstas has allowed Khawaja, 19 years his senior, to find form and post his highest score of the series.
Konstas was lbw for 60 from 65 balls, 30 minutes before lunch to star spinner Ravindra Jadeja, but not before putting together an innings that will go down in Australian cricket folklore. Coming in for axed opener Nathan McSweeney, Konstas survived a brutal first over from Bumrah, when he played and missed four times, to rattle India. The 19-year-old’s first runs, a two off his legs, were cheered like he had reached a milestone, before launching in extraordinary fashion.
Konstas took India’s most important player for 14 runs, including a six, off one jaw-dropping that all came from ramp shots. By the ninth over, India had reverted to putting fielders out to the boundary in a bid to.
