New Delhi. Sam Costas made a explosive start in the Boxing Day Test at MCG and put India in trouble. This young opener batted aggressively and scored a half-century in 52 balls and blew away the Indian bowling. A 19 year old youth hit fours and sixes against a deadly bowler like Jasprit Bumrah. In his debut match itself, Costas made such a record which no batsman had been able to make before against India.
Sam Costas, who played the first test match of his career for Australia, created a stir with his stormy batting. The innings of this young man was special in many ways. He faced the Indian bowlers without any fear of the situation and scored 18 runs in one over of the best bowler of the series, Jasprit Bumrah. Sam also got embroiled in a heated debate with Virat Kohli, who has earned worldwide fame.
Costas made a big record
Constance made everyone his fan by playing a stormy innings on his Test debut. He became the second youngest player to score a half-century for Australia. The record of the youngest Australian player is in the name of Ian Craig. He scored a half-century at the age of 17 years and 240 days. Costas achieved second place in this list by scoring a half-century at the age of 19 years and 85 days. This innings of Costas put Australia in a strong position in the initial stages of the Test. He was dismissed by Ravindra Jadeja for 60 runs.
Sam Costas created history by becoming the youngest player to score a half-century against India on Test debut. Pakistan’s Mushtaq Mohammad and Shahid Afridi have also scored Test half-centuries against India, but both of their half-centuries were not on Test debut. Costans became the first player under the age of 20 to score a half-century on Test debut against India.
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