Virat Kohli intentionally bumps into 19-year-old Sam Konstas during his debut, a breakdown
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Virat Kohli, the captain of the Indian cricket team, intentionally bumps into 19-year-old Sam Konstans during the latter's debut match against India. The incident occurs during the third test match between India and Australia around Christmas and Boxing Day. Konstans, representing Team Australia, is making his debut and opens the batting against Indian pace bowler Jasprit Bumrah, who has been tearing through the Australian lineup in the first two tests. Konstans initially struggles, with Bumrah beating him multiple times in the opening over. Kohli is seen laughing at the young debutant's troubles. However, Konstans soon grows in confidence, and in Bumrah's second over, he decides to take the attack to the experienced Indian bowler. He successfully ramps Bumrah for four runs, and then follows it up with two consecutive sixes, showcasing his attacking intent. The crowd is delighted to see the young Australian taking on the might of the Indian bowling attack. Sensing the shift in momentum, Kohli's demeanor changes from amusement to irritation. When Konstans hits Indian bowler Mohammed Siraj for a boundary, Kohli intentionally bumps into the debutant as he runs between the wickets, seemingly trying to intimidate him. Konstans, unfazed by Kohli's actions, continues to play his shots, hitting another boundary off Siraj's bowling. Kohli, frustrated by the young batsman's refusal to back down, glares at him, but Konstans responds by hitting a massive six over the infield, further angering the Indian captain. The incident highlights the contrasting approaches of the experienced Kohli and the fearless Konstans. While Kohli tries to use intimidation tactics to rattle the debutant, Konstans stands his ground and keeps taking the fight to the opposition, much to the delight of the Australian crowd. Ultimately, Konstans finishes his innings with an impressive 21 runs off just 21 balls, showcasing his talent and potential on debut. The incident between Kohli and Konstans adds to the drama and intensity of the ongoing test match between India and Australia.
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Click timestamps to jump to that momentHere's a breakdown about how a 19-year-old kid on debut had Coley laughing like this in shock and then scowling like that.
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How Coley was walking by laughing like this and then moments later walking by throwing shoulders like this.
From fun and jokes to pissed off.
Constance is 19 years old, 85 days. He's making his debut for Team Australia.
He says, Quaggia, feel my heart rate. I'm fine.
And he's making Elvis face. He's talking to himself.
Not only was he making his debut, he opened the batting against Boomer, who up to this point in the series was just tearing through Australia in the first two tests.
This was the third test around Christmas and Boxing Day.
And the first couple balls to Constance, he's got him beat.
I mean, he's just missing the edge on these.
Look at this.
That.
That is.
That is close.
That is close.
This is the opening over.
And yeah, just all over him laughing.
They have the momentum.
Look at these beautiful balls.
Boom.
Oh, and not looking good.
It's looking the same as everyone else, to be honest.
And then in the second over, he gets bat to one, blocks it, and then either actually grows confidence or fiends confidence.
You need to do both.
You need to do both.
You need to do both.
You need to do both.
You need to do both.
You need to do both.
You need to do both.
You need to do both.
You need to do both.
So he starts feeling a little better.
Look at that.
Leave a little more emphatic with the hands.
Boomer's laughing.
He says, come on, let's do it.
So then he's feeling good.
He says, I'm going to ramp you and misses it.
And Kauai's just laughing at him.
And Boomer's laughing at him.
And Cole is running by and laughing at him like you fool.
You got to be real young and dumb to think you can ramp this dude when you haven't even looked good against him.
And India's having a ball with this.
Switches the hands.
Goes for the shot.
You saw him grow confident in body language a couple balls before that.
Doesn't work.
The next ball tries for it again.
Again.
Doesn't get it.
And they're like, ah, hey, dude.
Okay.
You're crazy.
Cole is shaking his head like you're nuts.
Siraj later on, big swing.
Big swing.
Siraj says, hey, mate, you're crazy.
Don't be swinging like that against me.
Don't do that.
That's crazy.
You don't want to do that.
And the crowd is laughing at him.
They're just having fun.
Like, who does this young kid think he is?
Now, this is Boomer's fourth over.
Constance has seen 21 balls.
He says, I'm ready.
Let's do it.
First ball of the over.
He ramps him for four.
Premeditates the shot.
Knows he's going to do it.
Says, I got to attack the game.
Can't let the game attack me.
Boom.
And everyone was like, oh, shit.
Not only did he stick with it, which is crazy, he pulls it off.
Switches the hands and just guides the ball to the boundary for four.
Elvis faces back, talking to himself.
What's he going to do now?
Is he just going to block a couple?
He's got four on the over.
No, he goes for the reverse ramp and this time puts it over the boundary for six.
Ten runs on two balls against Boomer, who had allowed only like two before that,
and gets himself in the place.
And again,
just sky high ramps that one.
It goes over the next ball.
Boomer's like, here, ramp this one.
Puts it on seventh stump.
He's like, I'll swing at it.
And then a nice leave.
Kind of a scary leave.
That almost it's.
And then it comes back for another ramp in the same over.
Gets another six.
Two sixes of four.
Three ramp shots versus Boomer.
I mean, if you were watching the first test, the second test,
seeing what the openers had to deal with,
with Boomer,
you're this was incredible batting.
It's risky for sure.
I love the technique.
You got to commit to it.
You got to know you're going to do it.
And once you're there,
you can't really half-ass it.
And then at that point,
you're just guiding it up and over.
Fox has their halo camera,
which is really cool because it's going to take you like,
you know,
whirlybird around and you can see right there.
It's you got to keep the eyes down the whole way.
The straight leg keeps your body stiff.
All you're doing is becoming a ramp.
And then a little bit of a follow through.
That's probably just natural.
I don't even know if it really does anything.
The ball's already hit last ball of the over dot ball,
but that's a big one.
And now he walks back across and nothing to it.
That's his game.
You got to take the game on 21 runs.
Now, later on,
Suraj is bowling to him and he swings big again,
hits Suraj in the leg.
And he doesn't like that.
He's like, you crazy.
What are you doing?
Don't do that.
Don't be doing that to me.
I don't know what he's saying.
Don't do that to me.
You know,
and now Cole,
he is looking pissed.
Now Cole is staring daggers,
trying to get in the young buck's head,
trying to intimidate him.
Does he get intimidated?
No.
He just going to back up and go with the cut shot for another boundary.
Four more runs.
Add it to his tally.
Backs up off the stumps,
gives himself space and just throws it.
And then stares right back at Suraj and says,
yeah,
okay.
You don't want me to hit it that way.
I'll hit it this way.
More runs this way.
The Australian crowd is absolutely loving it.
It was a packed house and they finally got someone to just stand up to
boomerang and say,
I'll take you on.
And he's doing it successfully.
He's getting under India's skin.
Last ball of this over is where things kick off,
throws that one over the infield.
It dunks in.
He's going to run for one.
The ball comes to the middle.
Cole erases to pick it up.
And once he's got it in hand,
he cuts diagonally across to the crease and bumps the kid.
And he turns around.
He's like,
try walking around,
mate.
Try walking around.
Oh,
you watch where you're going.
You watch where you're walking.
And Kwasi comes to say,
don't go anywhere.
You're good.
You're fine.
This is just Virat.
He's just upset.
Cause you're taking the game on.
You see Coley there.
Coley's like,
I got the ball.
I'm looking at the ball.
And Constance is like,
yeah,
okay.
And you threw a little shoulder into me.
Yeah.
Like I'm not dumb.
Virat's like,
uh,
I had the ball.
What are you talking about?
Coley gets fine for this.
Can't really do that.
Can't just be bumping players.
Here's the side-by-side of the incident.
They're both walking.
Coley's got the ball in his hand.
He switches it to this hand.
Constance is not looking at him.
And then bam.
Wow.
Vicious.
Uncalled for.
And then Coley looks at the ball right away,
which is pretty funny.
Just right away.
I was,
I was looking at the ball.
I didn't even see you.
I was looking down at the ball.
Yeah.
What are you talking about?
I mean,
I couldn't have hit you on purpose.
Cause I was holding this ball and I was looking at it.
And I surely wasn't looking at you.
He's like,
yeah,
I was walking that way.
He walked into me through a shoulder.
No,
not really.
So again,
that's how Coley went from this laughing at the kid to this staring daggers at him because he started having successful shots.
And he went from this.
You're a fool.
This is so much fun to,
I hate your guts.
And I'm a get in your head.
What is Constance doing in return to that?
He just kept going.
He just whacks that one straight on.
He's going to find the boundary there.
Four runs.
Coley just has to watch,
just has to hear the crowd get after him later on in the over.
He's going to take this one.
Bam.
I'll hit six this way,
straight down the field over the boundary.
Crowd's going nuts.
Coley,
not thinking,
Oh damn,
I fire this kid up.
Is he more like me?
Shouldn't have done that.
That is awesome.
So he gives him his stumps.
Coley's pissed.
Watch this ball.
This is crazy.
He gives him his stumps.
He backs up and,
and Boomer goes Yorker.
He's like,
he invites them basically,
you know,
and in cricket,
it's much different than baseball where the bowler can kind of see what the
batsman is doing.
And then at the very last second,
the best of the best can change what they're going to bowl.
So,
you know,
he might be doing,
he might be bowling his ball no matter what,
or he sees that he's backing off,
giving him the stumps goes right at the stumps.
It's there the whole entire way.
And then at the last second throws the bat at it and cuts it for boundary.
Watch this view from the stump camera.
I mean,
that is,
that's out that stumps.
You got him beat.
Nope.
Nope.
He finds the hole in the fielders.
And then he turns,
he says,
come on,
get up,
come on,
get up,
cheer.
Coley doesn't like that.
He's like,
no,
I don't want you guys cheering.
And I got flies on my face.
So double upset.
Look at all these shots.
I love cricket because you got to have multiple shots in your game.
You can't just have the same swing.
They have different fielders in different places.
They're bowling you balls in different areas.
You got to be able to take this ball.
That's bold.
Here.
And put it there.
And you got to have multiple shots to do it.
And look at all these different,
you know,
at the very beginning,
it's the same setup,
but sometimes he's going to back up,
give himself room.
Sometimes he's going to go for the ramp.
Sometimes he's just going to stand and deliver.
Sometimes he's going to let the ball travel.
Sometimes he's going to walk up the crease,
cut it off and whack it down the ground.
That's the fun part of cricket for me.
You got to have multiple shots and it's just bizarre to watch.
And his test series was phenomenal.
The whole thing.
I know I'm a month late on this one,
but I'm a month late on this one.
I appreciate you giving me some time there,
but I was on vacation.
You weren't.
We're all on vacation.
Go watch it.
It's awesome.
Young kid.
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