The 19-year-old Sam Konstas stepped up to rejuvenate Australia in front of a near record cricket crowd as he got under the skin of India in the fourth Test.

Most 19 year olds would be overawed by making their Australian Test debut in front of 90,000-plus fans on Boxing Day at the MCG. Not Sam Konstas. The NSW prodigy was parachuted into the Australian XI as an opener after the nation's top order struggles through the first three Tests against India.

Uncapped young Australia batter Sam Konstas will make his Test debut against India in the fourth Test match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25.

Sam Konstas scored 60 off 65 runs on Test debut for Australia against India. The highlight of Konstas’ innings were the ramp shots he hit against top-ranked Jasprit Bumrah.

Konstas' brother Billy, who is a physiotherapist by profession, revealed how his father's error eventually 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.

Sam Konstas' elder brother was left dumbfounded as the 19-year-old displayed exquisite ramp shots on his Australia debut against the likes of Jasprit Bumrah.