‘Hopefully, I can be back for the first game’: Young star Sam Konstas on flying back to Australia amid Sri Lanka Tour

The 19-year-old opener had made his debut against India during the 4th Test astatine Melbourne successful the Border-Gavaskar trophy. The NSW youngster had created past with a half-century successful his maiden Test innings and the sound besides saw him hitting Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah for 18 runs successful an over. The 19-year-old had scores of 8, 23 and 23 successful the adjacent 3 innings earlier being picked up successful the Australian squad for the Sri Lanka tour. The Australian selectors showed religion successful Travis caput partnering Usman Khwaja successful the opening Test astatine Galle past week with Josh Inglis successful the middle-order with Head scoring a half-century and Inglis hitting a period successful Australia’s triumph by an innings and 242 runs. Konstas, who has truthful acold played successful 13 First Class matches amassing 813 runs, shared that helium wholly understands the squad management’s decision. “It’s been a immense honour being successful the squad and learning from the likes of Travis Head, Steve Smith, Usman Khawaja, the mode they spell astir it. And evidently having acquisition successful the Asian continent successful Dubai. It’s been astir knowing what works successful these conditions, and hopefully I tin emulate that aft I get backmost to Sydney. I wholly understood the determination (not to play successful the archetypal Test), Travis Head’s a fable of the crippled and he’s been dominating successful these conditions up top. So for maine it was trying to get vulnerability to Dubai, Sri Lanka, effort to larn and I consciousness similar I learned rather a spot astir things if I bash play successful the subcontinent. That’s fundamentally it.” Konstas told The Age.

Former Australian wicket-keeper Brad Haddin earlier had suggested that the 19-year-old opener should beryllium sent location if helium is not to beryllium fixed a accidental successful the 2nd Test. “We’ve got to retrieve helium (Konstas) is 19, truthful if they’re not utilizing him for the 2nd Test I would nonstop him location to play authorities cricket. He hasn’t played a batch [of first-class cricket] and the much helium plays the better. He would’ve had a bully mates of weeks implicit determination [in Sri Lanka] learning. If he’s not going to beryllium needed, nonstop him backmost location to bat,” Haddin had told Australian media.

Former Australian cricketer Ed Cowan excessively criticised the determination to nonstop Konstas backmost home.”You can’t larn however to play spin, by not playing spin,” Cowan told ABC Sport.

Travis Head meantime shared that Konstas is successful plans for the World Test Championship final. “Most apt I’ll spell backmost into the mediate bid and Sam would open, but I’m gladsome I’m not a selector. Josh (Inglis) has had an astonishing start, guys are playing well, Greeny’s (Cameron Green) going to beryllium fit. So it’s going to beryllium hard to acceptable successful and I deliberation that’s what we want,” Head told the media successful Galle.

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