NEW DELHI: When Sam Konstas scored a century as an unknown figure in the pink-ball warm-up game against India, little did he, or anyone else for that matter, know that he would be part of the most rip-roaring episodes of the Border Gavaskar Trophy.
Interestingly, it was not the usual in-your-face Australian character that launched Konstas into international cricket, but a six against Jasprit Bumrah. A bowler, who until the 2024 Boxing Day was being hailed by Konstas's fellow Australians as virtually unplayable, was launched into orbit by the teenager with a ramp shot.
