Sam Konstas Aims To Become All-Format Player, Recalls Impersonating English Icons

Australia's batting prodigy Sam Konstas has set a long-term goal of becoming an all-format player after being overlooked for two Tests against Sri Lanka in the sub-continent. Konstas, 19, is still new to the challenges, success and hardships that a player goes through in international cricket. The young opener earned his maiden baggy green in front of a sold-out crowd at the MCG in the Boxing Day Test against India. With a swashbuckling 60(65) in the first innings, Konstas made a strong case for himself to become the next big thing in the future.

After taking his first step in the international circuit, Konstas isn't looking to limit himself to the red-ball format. He wants to explore white-ball cricket and emerge as an all-format player for Australia.

"I want to test myself and become an all-format player one day. Travis Head is a legend of the game, just the way he goes about it is pretty simple, and he takes on the bowlers. I'm very lucky at my age to learn from these guys, and hopefully, I can build on that," Konstas said as quoted from The Sydney Morning Herald.

In his first Test appearance for Australia, Konstas caught the world by surprise with a touch of unorthodox in his stroke play. The world of cricket came to a pause when Konstas flawlessly executed a perfect ramp shot to smoke the ball past the boundary line off Jasprit Bumrah.

The 31-year-old pace spearhead needed a moment to realise that he had conceded the first six in the Test format after more than 4,000 days.

Konstas continued to exhibit a wide array of shots from his arsenal during the final Test in Sydney, which was enough to convince the selectors to send him to Sri Lanka.

However, after considering and taking all factors into account, Travis Head