New Delhi. The Boxing Day Test match started today on 26th December between India and Australia. Australia has started the match being played in Melbourne in baseball style. 19-year-old batsman Sam Constas thrashed Jasprit Bumrah in a way that was rarely seen before in Test matches. Usman Khwaja also supported him well. Sam Costas, playing T20 style, scored fifty in just 52 balls.
Constance had prepared for Bumrah and came down
As usual, Jasprit Bumrah started the Indian bowling. On the other hand, Sam Constas played the first ball for Australia. This was also the first ball of his Test career. Mark Taylor had handed him the debut cap some time ago. Sam Constas has been included in the team in place of Nathan McSweeney. Constas had expressed his intentions even before his debut, but then realized that it was just rhetoric and mind games. But Sam was telling the truth that he was ready to play Bumrah.
In Bumrah’s over, not one or two, but 3 scoops and reverse scoops, 32 runs in 2 overs… 19 year old batsman increased his heartbeats.
IND vs AUS 4th Test Day 1 LIVE SCORE: Debutant Kontas hits fifty in T20 style, Bumrah ineffective
14 runs were scored in the 7th over
Jasprit Bumrah bowled most of the balls out swinging in his first over. Sam Constas was beaten thrice, but he managed to save the wicket in the over. Mohammad Siraj also bowled his first over maiden. After this Bumrah brought his second over. The most special thing about this over was Kontas’s reverse scoop play. Although they failed, they had given the message as to what they had come to do. Constas transformed his intention into reality in the 7th over of the innings and scored 14 runs by scoring one scoop and two reverse scoops on Bumrah’s ball. After this, Costas scored 18 runs in the sixth over of Bumrah.
India lost first DRS in the fourth over
Earlier, India took DRS against Usman Khawaja in the fourth over. Khawaja went ahead and defended the ball of Mohammad Siraj. The ball hit the pad. The umpire rejected the LBW appeal. On this, Indian captain Rohit Sharma took DRS. Replays showed that the ball would have gone over the stumps. In this way one of India’s DRS went bad.
Jadeja took the first wicket
When Indian fast bowlers failed to take wickets, captain Rohit Sharma handed the ball to Ravindra Jadeja. Jadeja gave India its first success in his third over. He made Sam Constas LBW. Constas was caught in front of the stumps while defending. Costas himself knew that if the ball had not hit the pads, it would have hit the stumps. As a result he did not even take DRS. Before getting out, Costas played an inning of 60 runs in 65 balls and gave a dream start to Australia.
112 runs in the first session
Australia scored 112 runs for one wicket in 25 overs in the very first session. This is the first time in the current Border Gavaskar Trophy series that a team has batted like this on the first day of the match. With this, Australia has won the battle of the first session on the first day. Losing just one wicket in the first two hours while batting first on a bowler-friendly pitch would be considered an excellent start. As the day progresses, the pitch will become easier for batting.
Constas collided with Kohli
There was an atmosphere of sledging or heated argument twice in the initial hour of the match. First Mohammed Siraj was seen saying something to young batsman Kontas. Costas was also replying equally. After some time, Virat Kohli and Sam Costas collided with each other in the middle of the over. It seemed that Costas was looking at his bat. Kohli had the ball in his hand and was looking at it. But what seemed necessary was not necessary. Many times in cricket, players push each other in this manner. Especially fielders do this so that the batsman’s attention can be distracted.
Tags: Australian Cricket Team, Border Gavaskar Trophy, India vs Australia, Team india
FIRST PUBLISHED: December 26, 2024, 07:15 IST