Boxing Day Test has started from 26th December. This is the fourth Test match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25. This is a very special test match of the five test match series being played between India and Australia. 19 year old player Sam Constas has got a chance in Australia’s playing eleven in the fourth test match. This is the debut match of Kontas. Constance broke the pride of Jasprit Bumrah in her debut match itself and played an inning full of fours and sixes.
Bumrah’s amazing record broken after 1112 days
In the Melbourne Test, Australia’s young opener Sam Constance broke a three-year-old record by performing courageously against Jasprit Bumrah. 19-year-old Constance played a reverse ramp shot against Indian fast bowler Bumrah and hit two fours and a six. The special thing is that Bumrah has hit sixes in Test cricket in 1,112 days and on 4,483 balls. Earlier in 2021, Cameron Green had hit a six against him in Sydney. Sam Konstas hit this amazing shot on the 23rd ball of his first innings, which thrilled the spectators.
Former captain Ricky Ponting, who was commentating, jokingly said, ‘Maybe Constance has decided that Bumrah is going to play the reverse shot.’ Constas’ aggressive style continued to challenge the Indian bowlers.
Constance targeted Indian bowlers
In the initial overs, Jasprit Bumrah troubled Konstas and took the edge of his bat several times, but the young batsman showed fearlessness and sent Bumrah’s balls across the boundary. In the seventh over, he put pressure on the Indian bowling attack by hitting two consecutive fours. Due to Constance’s aggressive innings, Rohit Sharma was forced to hand the ball to Ravindra Jadeja and this plan proved effective. On the second ball of the 19th over, Jadeja trapped Kontas in spin. In the first innings of his debut Test, Sam Constance scored 60 runs in 65 balls at a strike rate of 92.20, which included 6 fours and 2 sixes.
