Jasprit Bumrah’s most costly Check over got here in opposition to Australian debutant Sam Konstas through the Boxing Day Check. The 19-year-old’s aggressive batting in opposition to the Indian spearhead impressed former Australian opener David Warner, who urged his teammates to emulate Konstas’ fearless strategy.
Sam Konstas turned the third quickest to attain a half century on debut, reaching the milestone in 52 balls. He has additionally performed beneath David Warner for the Sydney Thunders on the BBL, and has usually impressed the captain.
“It was very particular,” he advised Fox Cricket “Individuals are going to criticise him as effectively. That’s the character of the beast, that’s the way in which he’s going to play.”
Whereas appreciating his confidence and aggression with the bat, he additionally hopes that the opposite skilled gamers observe in with the identical mindset.
“Him being courageous on the high of the order, you’ve received guys who’ve performed 50 Checks, they may have been courageous as effectively, they may have performed completely different pictures, they may have moved out of their crease and batted completely different.
After the Boxing Day Check ended, Bumrah leads the checklist with 30 wickets on this yr’s Border Gavaskar Trophy, and a mean of 12.83. And whereas Konstas was having fun with his time within the center within the first innings, his wicket fell to Bumrah who went on to complete the match with 9 wickets.
“To place him off that’s powerful. You possibly can’t simply try to negate that. ‘Uzzy’ (Usman Khawaja) managed to face two balls in his first spell. That’s luck batters want as effectively.
“Luckily for him, he received a half-century. Hopefully that builds momentum and provides him that optimistic vitality to return into Sydney the place he’s received an excellent report as effectively.”
The fifth and remaining India vs Australia Check will begin in January 3 in Sydney.
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