The fourth match of the Border Gavaskar Trophy between India and Australia is being played in Melbourne. In this match, changes were seen in the playing eleven of both the teams. Australia has included Sam Constas as the opening batsman in place of Nathan McSweeney in its playing eleven. He started the innings with Usman Khawaja. Sam Konstas has created history by batting brilliantly in his debut match.
Sam made this special record
Sam was in excellent form right from the beginning of the match. This is his debut match and in his very first match he demonstrated excellent batting. Sam also scored his first international half-century. Apart from this, this young player has also hit brilliant shots against Team India’s best bowler Jasprit Bumrah. Now Sam Konstans has become the second batsman to hit 2 sixes against Bumrah in an innings of Test cricket. Earlier this achievement was achieved by England’s Jos Buttler in the year 2018.
Sam played an inning of 60 runs
In this match, Sam started putting pressure on the Indian bowlers from the very first ball. Sam hit many brilliant shots against the fast bowlers. However, he struggled a bit against spin. On the first day, Sam was out after scoring 60 runs on 65 balls. Sam hit 6 fours and 2 sixes in this innings. Ravindra Jadeja sent Sam to the pavilion.