Sam Konstas will open the batting for Australia in the fourth Test against India, coach Andrew McDonald said Tuesday, while voicing confidence leading batsman Travis Head will be fit to play.
Konstas was called up after selectors dumped Nathan McSweeney after just three Tests, with the 19-year-old tasked with fending off Indian pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah alongside an under-performing Usman Khawaja."We have said from the get-go, leading into this summer, that we wouldn't shy away and age was no barrier.
"What he's shown is an array of shots and an ability to put pressure back on his opponents and he gets his opportunity.Konstas will become Australia's youngest Test debutant since current skipper Pat Cummins took the field against South Africa at Johannesburg in 2011 It could be a baptism of fire, with an expected 90,000 fans at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and temperatures forecast to reach 40 Celsius on Thursday.
Konstas thrust himself into the frame after becoming the youngest player since Ricky Ponting to score two centuries in the same Sheffield Shield match.The five-match series is tied at 1-1 after India won by 295 runs in Perth before being crushed by 10 wickets at Adelaide. The rain-affected third Test in Brisbane was drawn.
Head is the highest run scorer in the series, plundering aggressive centuries at both Adelaide and Brisbane. But he picked up a minor thigh strain at the Gabba."I'm pretty confident he'll play," he added.Dr Ghulam Nabi FaiUS President Joe Biden approved $571.3 million in defense assistance for Taiwan on Friday, the White House said, as the Democrat prepares to leave ...
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