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Australia ended Day 1 of the Boxing Day Test versus India, at the MCG, Melbourne, at 311-6 on Thursday (Dec 26). There was plenty of drama and action during the opening day’s play which saw Australia’s top four impress with a fifty each with debutant Sam Konstas making a 65-ball 60.
For India, in-form pacer Jasprit Bumrah remained among wickets as he managed to account for three big scalps, also removing Travis Head for a duck, to stage his side’s recovery after the Aussies were 237-2 at one stage.
Is Australian cricketer Sam Konstas Greek or Australian and more about his family, parents, father, brothers, ethnicity, nationality and girlfriend
For those of you still thinking it was Konstas who initiated the impact, let me put it into cricket terms for you. #AUSvIND #konstas #kholi pic.twitter.com/GqJ1kFSWch
— 🅜🅐🅡🅚 🍿 (@MarkEMarkAU) December 26, 2024
At the famous stadium, Rohit Sharma’s team asked Australia to bat first as the day’s play got underway. Usman Khawaja and Sam Konstas, the new opening duo, got off to a good start. By defeating Bumrah with a reverse-sweep six and not being scared to charge down the ground, the rookie made an impression on everyone.
As the Australian openers scored 89 runs in 19 overs, he struck a scorching 60 off 65 balls. Australia finished the first session at 112-1 after Ravindra Jadeja dismissed him prior to lunch.
19-year-old Sam Konstas is a Greek Australian who was born on 2 October 2005 in Kogarah, New South Wales, Sydney and is 5ft 8in tall. He went to Sydney’s Cranbrook School. Sam was raised in a culture that emphasized tenacity and community. Both of his parents, Jim and Pamela Konstas, are of Greek descent; Jim is from Kalamata, and Pamela is from Patras.
He has a twin brother, Johnny, and Billy is his older brother.
Konstas’ brother Billy, who is a physiotherapist by profession, revealed how his father’s error helped his younger brother learn tackling pace bowling from an early age.
“We were little kids and the first time dad took us to a bowling machine, he had it on 90 miles an hour, thinking it was 90 kilometres,” Billy told Fox Cricket.
“Dad fed the machine, and he hit it straight out of the middle. I think from the age of five or six years old, this has always been his dream. It’s a dream come true for all the family and feel very blessed and thank God for being here.”
Sam played for St George and Sutherland and graduated to first-class cricket only last year.
Sam is currently single and unmarried.
People are gonna be talking about this for years.
‘Remember when Sam Konstas turned up on Boxing Day and reverse ramped the best bowler in the world half a dozen times in half an hour. It was awesome!
The most extraordinary thing I’ve ever seen.pic.twitter.com/xj8UPkGPWS
— Mark Gottlieb (@MarkGottlieb) December 26, 2024
Sam Konstas career
Sam Konstas was included in the Australia under-19 team’s squad for a July 2023 tour to England, where they would play the England under-19 cricket team. on November 2023, he faced Tasmania on his first-class debut. Konstas signed his first professional contract with the Sydney Thunder in December 2023. Later that month, Konstas was named as part of the Australian squad for the 2024 Under-19 Cricket World Cup
On October 8, 2024, against South Australia, Sam Konstas scored 152 runs off 241 deliveries to record his first-ever century in first-class cricket. In the second innings of the same game, Konstas scored another century, becoming the youngest Sheffield Shield player to do so since Ricky Ponting in 1993.
Sam Konstas was chosen for the India Vs Australia squad following a strong start to the 2024–25 Sheffield Shield season.
In the third game of the 2024–25 Big Bash League season at Canberra’s Manuka Oval, Konstas made his Big Bash League debut for the Sydney Thunder against the Adelaide Strikers in December 2024. Konstas was included in the Australian 15-man Test team for the 2024 Boxing Day Test against India on December 20, 2024.
He received his Baggy green awarded to him by former Australian Captain Mark Taylor. He went on to have a successful debut as an opener, amassing a quick 60 runs with a number of unconventional ramp shots.