IND vs AUS 4th Test: Australian debutant Sam Konstas was at his aggressive best in the Boxing Day Test which is being played at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground, on December 26 (Thursday). However, the young star later got into heated altercations with Indian pacer Mohammed Siraj and later with Virat Kohli. Konstas and Kohli were even seen smashing shoulders as they walked past each other, the opening session of the fourth Border-Gavaskar Trophy was full of action be it with bat and ball or atmosphere.
Konstas take charge
The young debutant came out roaring at the MCG, he was not ready to be treated like a rookie and to make a statement he took on the biggest guys in the yard. First his audacious play against the most successful bowler of the series Jasprit Bumrah. He was not letting Bumrah's lethality get to him but instead did not let the premium speedster settle with his aggressive gameplay which saw some fearless scoops and step-out shots.
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Konstas gets into altercation with Kohli and Siraj
This all started when Konstas stepped out for the first time against Siraj but failed to make a connection, the Indian pacer was seen throwing a couple of words at the young debutant. Konstas later did the same thing and this time able to find a connection but could not score runs. Siraj was once again seen saying some words towards the youngsters while camera even showed Kohli giving a stare to him.
Konstas was not holding back in any manner, on the very next ball, he smashed a boundary and answered with both words and bat to Siraj. At the end of this over, Kohli and Konstats bumped into each other with clashing shoulders and were seen in an almost heated exchange with Usman Khawaja and umpires intervening before things could escalate further.
At the time of writing, Konstas has completed his fifty and Australia appear to be in a great spot as they are batting on 77 runs without losing a wicket at the end of 14 overs.
IND vs AUS 4th Test playing XIs
Australia: Usman Khawaja, Sam Konstas, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey(w), Pat Cummins(c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland
India : Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma(c), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant(w), Ravindra Jadeja, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep