Australia batter Sam Konstas has reacted to his untimely departure from the squad amid the facet’s Check away sequence towards Sri Lanka.
Konstas made his whirlwind Check debut within the Border-Gavaskar Trophy towards India and was chosen within the Australia squad for his or her ongoing tour of Sri Lanka.
Nevertheless, he was sidelined to make approach for skilled batter Travis Head on the opening place within the first Check.
The 19-year-old was then despatched again to Australia to play within the Sheffield Protect along with his returning sport towards Queensland scheduled on the Gabba.
Following his arrival again house, Sam Konstas addressed the choice to drop him in favour of Travis Head as an opener.
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“I felt like I used to be very privileged to be within the squad. And clearly studying from the most effective gamers like Steve Smith, Travis Head and Usman Khawaja and the way their strategies are completely different in these situations. I learnt fairly a bit,” the Australia batter stated.
“I understood the the explanation why. For me, it’s only a nice studying curve and if I do get one other alternative with the Check workforce I’ll seize it with each arms,” Sam Konstas stated.
The choice to advertise Travis Head to the highest was backed by his earlier data towards host international locations on the sub-continent.
Sam Konstas agreed with the choice, saying, “I perceive why Travis Head opened the batting as a result of he’s a legend of the sport and he has been dominating.”
Pertinent to notice right here that Konstas got here into the limelight by taking up Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah in his debut sport through the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
He hit the headlines when Indian batsman Virat Kohli shoulder-barged him through the Melbourne Check and was later concerned in a heated trade with Jasprit Bumrah within the remaining Check of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy on the SCG.