I perceive why Travis Head opened the batting in Sri Lanka: Sam Konstas
Younger Australia opener Sam Konstas opened up on lacking out on taking part in within the ongoing Check sequence in opposition to Sri Lanka. Konstas was named within the Australian squad for the Sri Lanka sequence after impressing on his debut sequence in opposition to India. Nevertheless, the 19-year-old did not discover a spot within the taking part in XI with in-form batter Travis Head being promoted to open the innings alongside Usman Khawaja.
Konstas was additional despatched again dwelling to take part within the Sheffield Defend match the place he can be taking part in for New South Wales in opposition to Queensland. He lately shared his ideas on not getting an opportunity to play within the ongoing sequence and mentioned that he was privileged to play alongside large names reminiscent of Steve Smith, Usman Khawaja and Travis Head. He additionally revealed that he had no onerous emotions about not making it to the group and referred to as Head a legend of the sport.
“I felt like I used to be very privileged to be within the squad. And clearly studying from the perfect gamers like Steve Smith, Travis Head and Usman Khawaja and the way their strategies are totally different in these circumstances. I learnt fairly a bit. I understood the the reason why. For me, it’s only a nice studying curve and if I do get one other alternative with the Check group I’ll seize it with each fingers. I perceive why Travis Head opened the batting as a result of he’s a legend of the sport and he has been dominating,” Konstas advised CODE Sports activities.
Sam Konstas’ spectacular debut vs India
Konstas caught everybody’s consideration on his debut in opposition to India in the course of the fourth Check of the Border Gavaskar Trophy in Melbourne. He performed an attacking knock of 60 (65) as he took on India’s tempo spearhead Jasprit Bumrah and reverse scooped him for boundaries.
He was additionally shoulder-charged by Virat Kohli in the course of the sport and later mentioned a number of phrases to harass Bumrah on Day 1 of the fifth Check in Sydney. Konstas completed the sequence with 113 runs from two matches (4 innings) at a mean of 28.25 and a strike price of 81.88.
