Konstas ramps up the fun as India intimidation falls flat at MCG
Khaleej Times|December 27, 2024
Cricket coaching manuals probably don't recommend scooping Jasprit Bumrah 11 deliveries into your Test career but Australia's 19-year-old debutant Sam Konstas was working from his own playbook in the Boxing Day Test on Thursday.
Konstas ramps up the fun as India intimidation falls flat at MCG

His first effort missed the ball, as did his second a couple of overs later, triggering laughter from India's players in front of a huge crowd at the Melbourne Cricket Ground for day one of the fourth Test.

Unbowed, Konstas's persistence paid off as he shuffled across the crease and flicked Bumrah over the wicketkeeper's head for four on the third attempt.

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