But the road towards the fifty was eventful for him as he was involved in a shoulder confrontation with India's senior cricketer Virat Kohli. The incident followed some heated exchanges between the two of them.
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The incident between Virat Kohli and Sam Konstas
Virat Kohli and Sam Konstas were involved in a shoulder collision during the first day of the Boxing Day Test. After the tenth over of Australia's innings, Kohli seemed to change his direction suddenly and barged his shoulders into Konstas.
After the end of the day, ICC found Virat Kohli guilty of the offence and fined him 20 percent of his match fees. Kohli accepted the offence and as a result, no further hearing was needed.
Sam Konstas gave Australia a great start
Meanwhile, Australia raced off to a quickfire start because of Sam Konstas' excellent knock at the top. Usman Khawaja gave him good company with a fine half-century of his own. Marnus Labuschagne failed to convert another start into a big one and was dismissed for a well-made 72.
In reply, Australian bowlers were excellent and picked up Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul cheaply. Yashasvi Jaiswal and Virat Kohli brought the innings on track with a fine partnership of 102 runs. However, Jaiswal's wicket opened the doors for Australia as India lost 3-6 in quick succession.
Allrounders Nitish Kumar Reddy and Washington Sundar turned out to be the unlikely stars of the third day for India as both were going along nicely as they pushed India past the follow-on mark.
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