19-year-old player’s entry in Australian team for Melbourne and Sydney Tests against India, what is the new plan

The fourth and fifth matches of the 5-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy between India and Australia will be played in Melbourne and Sydney, Australia. The Australian team has made several changes for these remaining 2 Tests. The first of these changes is the name of Sam Constas. who replaces Nathan McSweeney in the Kangaroos squad.

The name is special because Australia will be fielding its youngest player in more than 70 years. Sam Konstas is still 19 years old and if he makes his debut he will be the second youngest player to debut for Australia in international cricket after Pat Cummins. Pat Cummins was 18 years and 193 days old when he made his debut against South Africa in Johannesburg in 2011.

Sam Konstas has been included in the squad in place of opener Nathan McSweeney. McSweeney’s performance was very ordinary. Apart from this, fast bowler Jhai Richardson has also returned in the first 3 matches. Fast bowler Sean Abbott has also returned to the squad for the Tests in Melbourne and Sydney and uncapped Tasmanian all-rounder Beau Webster has also been selected in the squad.

Talking about Sam Konstas, he played a brilliant innings of 107 runs against India in Canberra while playing for PM XI. Sam Konstas scored 88 runs in a first-class match on 6 December and 56 runs in a T20 match on 17 December. Konstas played a crucial knock of 73 not out in the second innings against India-A in the second unofficial Test match of the series, leading his team to victory. Konstas proved his talent by scoring 718 runs at an average of 42.23 in 11 first-class matches. Scored 56 runs in T20.