Australian cricketer Sam Konstas. (FILE)
19-year-old Sam Konstas made a singular debut erstwhile helium scooped Jasprit Bumrah successful the Border Gavaskar Trophy. His innings successful the 4th Test successful Melbourne fundamentally acceptable the code successful the Test lucifer and rattled Bumrah successful the opening burst. Konstas does consciousness it was a privilege for him to beryllium portion of the squad then.
However, contempt him having a bully bid successful Australia Konstas would not picked successful the playing XI for bid successful Sri Lanka.
“I felt similar I was precise privileged to beryllium successful the squad. And evidently learning from the champion players similar Steve Smith, Travis Head, and Usman Khawaja and however their methods are antithetic successful those conditions. I learnt rather a bit. I understood the reasons why,” Konstas said CODE sport.
“For me, it is conscionable a large learning curve and if I bash get different accidental with the Test squad I volition drawback it with some hands. I recognize wherefore Travis Head opened the batting due to the fact that helium is simply a fable of the crippled and helium has been dominating,” helium added.
Earlier After being dropped from the Australian XI from the archetypal Test against Sri Lanka, 19-year-old Australian sensation Sam Konstas has flown backmost to Sydney anterior to the 2nd Test against the hosts starting this week.
“That’s the plan. Hopefully, I tin beryllium backmost for the archetypal crippled (NSW vs Queensland connected Saturday),” Konstas told The Age portion speaking astatine the squad edifice successful Galle erstwhile asked astir his plans aft reaching Sydney.
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.
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“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.
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