Australia’s young opener Sam Constance is in the headlines after playing the last two Test matches of the Border Gavaskar Trophy. He played a brilliant inning of 60 runs in his debut match in Melbourne. But apart from his performances, he has been more in the news for his controversies with Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah. The Australian opener has now made a big revelation saying that he was deliberately wasting time on the first day of the Sydney Test.
This incident happened in the last session of the first day of the Sydney Test. The Indian team was trying to complete the over quickly at this time, but Usman Khawaja changed his batting stance twice, which frustrated bowler Jasprit Bumrah. Later, Sam Costas collided with Bumrah at the non-striker’s end to waste time.
Bumrah is a world class player-Contas
Speaking to ‘The Daily Telegraph’, Sam Konstas said that I like to be involved in sports and I try to perform my best. I think maybe this is a good lesson for me. I was there trying to waste some time so he wouldn’t get a second chance. But in the end he won. He is clearly a world-class player and he took 32 wickets in the series. If this had happened again I probably wouldn’t have said anything.
Maybe it was my mistake…
In the Sydney Test, Bumrah was about to move ahead from the run-up when Usman Khawaja stopped him. Bumrah had to turn back but then Constas started saying something to him. Bumrah also moved forward and both of them clashed. And had to go back to the bowling mark. The umpire separated the two. Bumrah dismissed Usman Khawaja on the very second ball. As soon as he was out, he expressed happiness over the wicket after seeing Kontas and not Khawaja. In this matter, Kontas has now admitted that it was his fault in this entire matter. Oh, I wasn’t too worried, he said. It is unfortunate that Usman is out. He was trying to buy some time. Maybe it was my mistake. But it happens. This is cricket. The credit for this goes to Bumrah. He took the wicket. The team clearly performed very well.
constas likes virat
This young Australian clashed with Virat Kohli in his debut test. While changing sides after the over, Kohli hit the ball on Constus’s shoulder. This incident created a stir in the Australian media. However, Constance claimed that he considers Kohli as his idol. He said that he had a very good conversation with Virat and he considers him as his idol. Constas said, ‘He has completely changed cricket with his batting style and playing style. He has been playing well in all three formats for a long time.
