 "Australia dismissed the batsman who played a brilliant innings, now the 19-year-old batsman will make his debut, the 70-year-old record will be broken – News-Patiala ਪੰਜਾਬੀ")
There have been 3 Test matches between Australia and India so far, in which both the teams have won the match 1-1 while one Test match was a draw. Now Australia has announced its squad for the fourth and fifth Test matches against India. Opener Nathan McSweeney, who played a brilliant innings of 39 runs in Adelaide, has been dropped from the team. 19-year-old Sam Konstas has been included in his place. There is every possibility that Sam Konstas will make his debut in the fourth Test match. By making his debut, Konstas will become Australia’s youngest Test batsman in 70 years.
Australia announced the squad for the last two matches of the Border Gavaskar Trophy against India on Friday. Constas got a place in the team after the poor performance of Australia’s top order, especially McSweeney, in the third Test. The 25-year-old McSweeney, who made his debut in the first Test in Perth, could not score a single half-century in the series. He scored 10, 0, 39, 10 (not out), 9 and 4 in 6 innings.
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Sam Konstas scored a century in two Sheffield Shield matches for New South Wales. Sam Konstas scored an unbeaten 73 against India A at the MCG. Played 107 runs in a pink ball match for PM XI against India in Canberra.
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Australia’s chief selector George Bailey said, ‘Sam has been included in the Test team for the first time. Their batting style is different. We are confident that Nathan has the potential and will get more opportunities in Test cricket in the future. The decision to keep them out was a difficult one.
Australia squad: Pat Cummins (captain), Usman Khawaja, Sam Constance, Marnus Labushgan, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey, Josh Inglis, Nathan Lyon, Jhai Richardson, Mitchell Starc, Sean Abbott, Scott Boland, Bo Webster.