Melbourne: Australia scored 112 for 1 at lunch on the first day of the Boxing Day Test on Thursday after teenager Sam Konstas hit a first-fire fifty on debut. The 19-year-old debutant scored 65 runs with six fours and two sixes. , both dismissing Jasprit Bumrah, threatening the Indian pacer.
In Bumrah’s fourth over, Konstas scored 16 runs with two fours and a maximum. This is the first six conceded by an Indian pacer in Test cricket in nearly four years.
However, in the 20th over, Ravindra Jadeja ended Konstas’ entertaining innings with a leg-before flick.
The series is tied at 1-1.
Short numbers:
Australia 112 for 1 in 25 overs (Sam Konstas 60, Usman Khawaja not out 38; Ravindra Jadeja 1/20).