‘I felt like I was very privileged to be in the squad’: Sam Konstas after returning from Sri Lanka | Cricket News
19-year-old Sam Konstas made a remarkable debut when he scooped Jasprit Bumrah in the Border Gavaskar Trophy. His innings in the fourth Test in Melbourne essentially set the tone in the Test match and rattled Bumrah in the opening burst. Konstas does feel it was a privilege for him to be part of the squad then.
However, despite him having a good series in Australia Konstas would not picked in the playing XI for series in Sri Lanka.
“I felt like I was very privileged to be in the squad. And obviously learning from the best players like Steve Smith, Travis Head, and Usman Khawaja and how their methods are different in those conditions. I learnt quite a bit. I understood the reasons why,” Konstas said CODE sport.
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“For me, it is just a great learning curve and if I do get another opportunity with the Test team I will grab it with both hands. I understand why Travis Head opened the batting because he is a legend of the game and he has been dominating,” he added.
Earlier After being dropped from the Australian XI from the first Test against Sri Lanka, 19-year-old Australian sensation Sam Konstas has flown back to Sydney prior to the second Test against the hosts starting this week.
“That’s the plan. Hopefully, I can be back for the first game (NSW vs Queensland on Saturday),” Konstas told The Age while speaking at the team hotel in Galle when asked about his plans after reaching Sydney.
Former Australian wicket-keeper Brad Haddin earlier had suggested that the 19-year-old opener should be sent home if he is not to be given a chance in the second Test. Story continues below this ad
“We’ve got to remember he (Konstas) is 19, so if they’re not using him for the second Test I would send him home to play state cricket. He hasn’t played a lot [of first-class cricket] and the more he plays the better. He would’ve had a good couple of weeks over there [in Sri Lanka] learning. If he’s not going to be needed, send him back home to bat,” Haddin had told Australian media.
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