India vs Australia BGT 2024-25: Ravindra Jadeja dismisses young debutant Sam Konstas, Aussie player scores remarkable 60

India vs Australia BGT 2024-25: India's Ravindra Jadeja dismissed Australia's promising young batter, Sam Konstas, as he played a remarkable debut at the Boxing Day Test of the ongoing Border Gavaskar Trophy against India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on December 26. The 19-year-old debutant scored 60 runs off 65 balls powered by 6 fours and 2 sixes with a strike rate of 92.31.

Konstas collected 16 runs off Bumrah's fourth over as he smashed two fours and a maximum. It was the first six the Indian pacer conceded in Test cricket in nearly four years. However, Jadeja put an end to Konstas' entertaining innings by trapping him leg before in the 20th over.

All you need to know about Sam Konstas

1. Sam Konstas has become the fourth youngest Test debutant for Australia and received his baggy green cap from former Aussie skipper Mark Taylor at the age of 19 years and 85 days.

2. IIn 11 first-class matches, Konstas has scored 718 runs at an average of 42.2, with two centuries and three half-centuries.

3. Not just this, he had also played a key role in Australia's ICC U19 World Cup 2024 victory, scoring 191 runs in seven innings at an average of 27.28, including a century.

4. He had also featured in a two-match series between Australia A and India A ahead of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy wherein he scored 92 runs in four innings, highlighted by a match-winning 73*. In the warm-up pink-ball game against India, he stamped his authority with a classy 107 off 97 balls against a formidable Indian attack.

5. In the ongoing Sheffield Shield season, Konstas is the fifth-highest run-getter with 471 runs in five matches at an average of 58.87, including two centuries and a fifty, with a best score of 152.

India vs Australia BGT 2024-25

In the 1st Day of the 4th Test, Australia chose to bat. Openers Sam Konstas and Usman Khawaja scored 60 off 65 balls and 38 off 73 balls. After Konstas was dismissed, Australian player Marnus Labuschagne is on the filed. At Lunch, Australia scores stands at 112/1.