Who is Sam Konstas: Australian opener Nathan McSweeney admitted that he was devastated by not getting a place in the team for the last two matches of the Border Gavaskar Trophy (IND vs AUS, BGT) against India, but he worked hard to regain his place in the team. Also promised. McSweeney has been dropped and young Sam Kontas has been given a place in the team. There has been a big change in Australian cricket with the joining of Sam Kontas in the team. Let us tell you that young 19 year old Sam Kontas will now have a chance to break a big record. As soon as he joined the team, he has registered a special record in his name. Let us tell you that Sam Kontas has played 11 first-class matches so far as an opener, in which he has scored 718 runs at an average of 42.23, which includes two centuries and three half-centuries. If he gets a chance to make his Melbourne Test debut, then he will become the first batsman in the men’s Test. Will become the fourth youngest Australian cricketer to play cricket.
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Youngest men’s Test cricketers for Australia
| player | vs | venue | date | Age |
| ian craig | South Africa | melbourne | 6 February 1953 | 17 years 239 days |
| pat cummins | South Africa | johannesburg | 17 November 2011 | 18 years, 193 days |
| Tom Garrett | England | melbourne | 15 March 1877 | 18 years 242 days |
| Tom Garrett | England | melbourne | 31 March 1877 | 18 years 248 days |
| Clem Hill | England | lords | 22 June 1896 | 19 years, 96 days |
Can break 95 year old record
At the age of 19 years and 85 days, Constas will overtake Clem Hill on the list. If Constas gets a chance to play in Melbourne, he will become Australia’s youngest opening batsman, breaking the record set by Archie Jackson in 1929. When Jackson made his debut in Adelaide in 1929, he was 19 years and 149 days old. The second youngest player in the list is the late Phil Hughes, who made his debut as an opener at the age of 20 during the 2009 South Africa tour.
Youngest men’s Test openers for Australia
| player | vs | venue | date | Age |
| archie jackson | England | adelaide | 1 February 1929 | 19 years, 149 days |
| archie jackson | England | melbourne | 8 March 1929 | 19 years 194 days |
| Phil Hughes | South Africa | johannesburg | 26 February 2009 | 20 years 88 days |
| Phil Hughes | South Africa | Durban | 6 March 2009 | 20 years 96 days |
| Phil Hughes | South Africa | cape town | 19 March 2009 | 20 years 109 days |
Australian team for the last two tests
Pat Cummins (captain), Travis Head (vice-captain), Steve Smith (vice-captain), Sean Abbott, Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Josh Inglis, Usman Khawaja, Sam Constas, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Jhye Richardson, Mitchell Starc. Beau Webster
