Sam Konstas was concerned in a heated incident with India stand-in captain Jasprit Bumrah.© AFP
Australia batsman Sam Konstas was concerned in a heated incident with India stand-in captain and pacer Jasprit Bumrah on Day 1 of the fifth Test in Sydney on Friday. For the unversed, Bumrah was not proud of Usman Khawaja taking additional time to take his guard. However, Konstas determined to confront Bumrah. The incident solely riled Bumrah up as he dismissed Khawaja off the ultimate ball of the day’s play, earlier than clashing with Konstas, who was on the non-striker’s finish. Former Australia batsman Mark Waugh has slammed Konstas for taking part in his half in riling up Bumrah, urging the teen to thoughts his enterprise.
“You can understand Usman Khawaja trying to wind the clock down so he didn’t have to face another over, but then you have got Sam Konstas trying to get involved. I don’t know whether it is naive enthusiasm or that’s just the way. he has always played his game through the juniors and likes to have high energy and get involved in the game, but really there was no need for Sam to get involved there,” Waugh informed Fox Sports.
Waugh additionally prompt that Konstas’ involvement resulted in Khawaja’s dismissal because the veteran might need misplaced his focus. He additionally warned the teen towards throwing such antics sooner or later, and let his bat do the speaking as a substitute.
“I think he should have bit his tongue and it’s got nothing to do with him actually and it might have broken the concentration of Khawaja. He might learn from that Konstas. If he keeps behaving like that he is going to have a target on his back for his entire career,” he added.
“I simply assume he’s firing the opposition up. He’s fired up Jasprit. You do not need to hearth him up. I feel Sam will mirror on that and assume he ought to have minded his personal enterprise and say, I’ve simply obtained to let the bat do the speaking,” Waugh additional defined.
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