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Sam Konstas Records:  Sam Konstas made a great debut in the Boxing Day Test match against India at Melbourne ground, in which he made many new records by scoring 60 runs in the first innings of his international career. Sam Konstas was included in the playing 11 of the Australian team in place of Nathan McSweeney, who could not perform well with the bat in the first three matches. Sam took full advantage of this opportunity and batted aggressively and scored 60 runs in just 65 balls. Sam Konstas has become the fourth youngest player to debut in Test cricket for Australia.

Fourth player to score a half-century on debut in Boxing Day Test

Sam Constas got a chance to play his international cricket debut match directly in the Boxing Day Test from the Australian team. Constas made this match memorable by playing a brilliant half-century innings in which he also became the fourth player in Boxing Day Test history to score a half-century as an opening batsman while making his debut. Before Constas, this feat was achieved by Roy Fredericks of West Indies, Mayank Agarwal of India and Ed Cowan of Australia. While Fredericks played an innings of 76 runs against Australia in 1968, Mayank Agarwal scored 76 in 2018 and Cowan scored 68 in 2011. Apart from this, Sam Constas has managed to play an innings of 60 runs.

Youngest batsman to score a half-century for Australia in Tests 

Sam Constas has become the youngest player to score a half-century in Test cricket for Australia. Sam has achieved this feat at the age of just 19 years and 85 days. Constas has broken the records of Neil Harvey and Archie Jackson in this matter. Ian Craig is at the top of this list, who scored a half-century in a match against South Africa in 1953 while playing for Australia at the age of 17 years and 240 days.

This will be Australia's third opening partnership of 50+ runs in 2024

Since David Warner's retirement from Test cricket in early 2024, many changes have been seen in the opening pair of the Australian team. The 89-run partnership for the first wicket between Sam Constas and Usman Khawaja in the Boxing Day Test against India is the Kangaroo team's third half-century opening partnership of the year 2024. Earlier, there was an opening partnership of 70 runs between David Warner and Usman Khawaja against Pakistan in Sydney, while in the Test match played against New Zealand at Wellington ground, there was a 61-run partnership for the first wicket between Khawaja and Smith.

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