Melbourne: Teenager Sam Konstas scored a quick-fire fifty on debut as Australia raced to 112 for 1 at lunch on the opening day of the Boxing Day Test here on Thursday.
The 19-year-old debutant’s 60 off 65 balls included six fours and two sixes, both coming off Jasprit Bumrah, rattling the Indian pace spearhead.
Konstas collected 16 runs off Bumrah’s fourth over as he smashed two fours and a maximum. It was the first six the Indian pacer conceded in Test cricket in nearly four years.
Bumrah tries to strangle Labuschagne down the leg side with the last ball of the session and that is that. Konstas’ carnage has helped Australia score a whopping 112 runs in the first session. India drag themselves off the field.
