The Australian team is preparing to give 19-year-old Sam Constas a chance to debut in the Boxing Day Test to be held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Australia has high expectations from this young opening batsman in this important match of Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Cricket lovers are very excited about Sam, who hails from New South Wales, and the selectors want to see him giving a tough challenge to the Indian bowlers.
Sam Constas’s strong record
Sam Constas’s selection is based on his recent performances. In the 2024 Big Bash League, he opened for Sydney Thunder with David Warner and scored 57 runs in just 26 balls. This innings became the fastest half-century in the history of Sydney Thunder. Sam, playing for Prime Minister’s XI, scored a brilliant 107 runs against India. In this innings, he had to face experienced bowlers like Mohammad Siraj and Ravindra Jadeja. At the same time, in the unofficial test match against India A, he scored unbeaten 73 runs and led his team to victory.
Big change in team selection
Australia on December 20 announced its 15-man squad for the final two Test matches of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25. So far both the teams are tied at 1-1 in this series. The selectors took a big decision and dropped 25 year old Nathan McSweeney from the team. McSweeney scored just 72 runs in three Test matches and struggled against the Jasprit Bumrah-led Indian bowling attack.
India-Australia team for Melbourne and Sydney Test
Indian team: Rohit Sharma (captain), Jasprit Bumrah (vice-captain), Yashvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Devdutt Padikal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Siraj. Akash Deep, Prasidh Krishna, Harshit Rana, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar
Australia team: Pat Cummins (captain), Sean Abbott, Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Travis Head (vice-captain), Josh Inglis, Usman Khawaja, Sam Konstans, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Jhye Richardson, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Beau Webster.
