Fans young and old have been drawn unconditionally into the Konstas tornado.
Rock stars, politicians and sports stars tend to fill the niche more than nuclear physicists or the neighbourhood postie, but no occupation is exempt.
His batting in his short Test career has been outrageous – sort of in a good way and sort of in an enigmatic way; mysterious and effective, yet hard to find a niche for it in the lengthy archives of Test cricket. All this from a young man who turned a series on its head against the best bowler in the world batting on a fresh cabbage patch and had to sufferSam Konstas and Jasprit Bumrah exchange words at the SCG.Konstas’ simple request for India captain Jasprit Bumrah to wait while his batting partner, Usman Khawaja, appropriately prepared himself for the next delivery was met with a barrage of bile, indicating just how much two Test innings of chaos and success can discombobulate a vulnerable opponent.
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