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Sam Konstas makes debut to remember as Australia edge India on day one

  • Fourth Test, day one: Australia 311-6
  • Teenager makes fearless 60 but Bumrah strikes late

It has been a tour of polygraphic variation for India’s Test team. Down and out to begin in Perth, becoming ascendant by the end. Back to the ­bottom in Adelaide, dragging themselves out of trouble in Brisbane to finish the draw there on a high. But starting the fourth Test in Melbourne, right in the series at 1-1, was the first time the Indians have looked completely at a loss.

It’s not that nobody has ever batted aggressively in Tests. Gilbert Jessop, David Hookes, Sanath Jayasuriya, Rishabh Pant, most of England’s ­current lineup – plenty have had their shot. It’s not that nobody has played a scoop shot to Jasprit Bumrah in a Test – ask Joe Root, who soon found it didn’t work out so well.

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Source: Cricket - The Guardian

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