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Who better cracked the code to overpower Jasprit Bumrah: Sam Konstas or Travis Head?

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"Everybody is a gangster until the real gangster arrives" is a common trope or dialogue that we hear from many. But many people saw its live manifestation at the MCG today when a 19-year skinny youngster Sam Konstas took the unstoppable Jasprit Bumrah to the cleaners with ramp and other unorthodox shots.

So Jasprit Bumrah, who usually is a headache for the opposition bowler was find struggling against a youngster but the question who really has cricket the code to hit Bumrah for plenty. Is it the ever reliable and India's headache Travis Head or this new sensation Sam Konstas?

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Lol...chat gpt has gone crazy
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Who better cracked the code to overpower Jasprit Bumrah: Sam Konstas or Travis?

Sam Konstas, on his Test debut, scored 60 runs off 65 balls against Bumrah, hitting two sixes and taking 34 runs from him overall, marking a historic performance. In contrast, Travis has faced Bumrah in previous matches but did not achieve such a remarkable debut impact. Therefore, Konstas clearly outshined Travis in this context.
 
Imagine a 19 year old kid of debut reverse lapping, playing hockey, gulley danda shots the so called greatest bowler of all time and making him look like a village 4th 11 standard bowler

Clearly shows how little this 19 year old kid thought of someone at other end throwing so called thunderbolts at him
 
Amjid Javed said:
Imagine a 19 year old kid of debut reverse lapping, playing hockey, gulley danda shots the so called greatest bowler of all time and making him look like a village 4th 11 standard bowler

Clearly shows how little this 19 year old kid thought of someone at other end throwing so called thunderbolts at him
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It only shows bad Pakistani batsmen are when facing Bumrah(even Khawaja) but again they were not even good against Indian software developers.
 
Sam.konstas had the license as the bar was too low with McSweeney's. He had the license to fail. A slow MCG first day pitch worked to his advantage. Will be interesting to see if he can.continue this. But Rohit Sharma js terrible when batsmen attack. Same happened when southee started attacking in NZ series Even out of form.conway panicked India a bit.
 
DeadlyVenom said:
Needs to be done consistently to say cracking the code.
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Rishabh pant enthralled Aussies in back to back test series with these kind of ultra aggressive shots. Now Australia has found their own bazballer. He obviously has skills and fearlessness to.keep.playing these shots of good balls.
 
Yeah true, they don't play fearless brand of cricket.
JaDed said:
It only shows bad Pakistani batsmen are when facing Bumrah(even Khawaja) but again they were not even good against Indian software developers.
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The Bald Eagle said:
Yeah true, they don't play fearless brand of cricket.
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They used to back in the day. Good balance from Anwar- Afridi Ijaz to Inzi, maybe Saim will bring in the much needed change from one dimension.

Sam K thought played well, let’s see if Aus allow this continuously.
 
Tom Latham is the only one to have cracked* the code against Bumrah

Tests: 79 Runs (Dismissed Once)
Odi: 76 Runs (Dismissed Once)

Head has had tremendous success against Bumrah's side but to say that he has conquered Bumrah would be a bit much

Tests: 133 Runs (5 Dismissals)
Odi: 39 Runs (Dismissed Once)
T20I: 25 Runs (Dismissed Once)

Been a battle of equals. The other guy to tame Bumrah would be Latham's opening partner Conway. Kiwis have been his kryptonite time and time again.

Konstas is very raw. Today will be remembered forever and he landed all his punches. But he had a lot of luck going his way. He had a control % of 55.

It was very cool. 19 year old tearing the best in the world at the G on debut but that's about it. No grand narratives should be spun out of this.
 
Bhumrah will be better prepared for Sam Kontas next time. He eventually got the better of Travis Head as well. You can't consistently boss Bhumrah for long.
 
The way Konstas played is commendable. But it is super risky and more often than not, it will not work and the man will look like a hack playing those shots. It came off yesterday and Sam looked like a star. But it will not work in the long run.
Sam has decent defense. He will learn more with experience.

Head is experienced now. He plays attacking cricket. But does not play ramp shots in the 2nd over and charge down the wicket to Bumrah to score boundaries. So it is Head by a mile. Head has cracked every Indian bowler including Ashwin, Jaddu.
 
Savak said:
Bhumrah will be better prepared for Sam Kontas next time. He eventually got the better of Travis Head as well. You can't consistently boss Bhumrah for long.
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No one has attacked Bumrah like this. When he will bowl to him in next innings he will be under pressure and thats something we have never seen in Bumrah.
That kid literally smashed him and that too with such confidence. He might fail against him thats infact coming at some point. But he did something which no one did to Bumrah and that alone will fetch him so many big ipl contracts, sponsors and he has secured his place for now.
 
Nitish Reddy did the same to Boland, cummins and starc. Modern batsmen have more release shots than last gen batsmen. Pant was kind of a trailblazer. Then after bazball Jo Root became obsessed with ramp shot
it is a high risk shot on the face. But against certain lengths it is a low risk shot.
 
Mrjungshook said:
No one has attacked Bumrah like this. When he will bowl to him in next innings he will be under pressure and thats something we have never seen in Bumrah.
That kid literally smashed him and that too with such confidence. He might fail against him thats infact coming at some point. But he did something which no one did to Bumrah and that alone will fetch him so many big ipl contracts, sponsors and he has secured his place for now.
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Ruturaj , Dinesh karthik ,Pant have all done this to Bumrah in the IPL
 
If you play like T20 with aggressive field set you can take Bumrah down with a bit of luck.

Dinesh karthik vs Bumrah in IPL

37 balls 68 runs 0 dismissal 6 fours 4 sixes
 
jnaveen1980 said:
It is way harder to hit Bumrah in IPL..look at his ER. You don't have 3 slips and nobody on the boundary in tesrs
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Sir sir.
I get that Bumrah is lethal in the IPL with his yorkers and variations, but what Sam Konstas did in the Test arena is on another level. Bumrah had gone 4,483 deliveries in Tests without being hit for a six — that’s over four years of dominance in the purest form of cricket.

IPL sixes? Pant and Karthik have done that, but let’s be honest, IPL is gully danda in comparison. Test cricket is where bowlers test your technique, patience, and mental strength. Konstas didn’t just swing wildly; he reverse-scooped Bumrah, showcasing skill and audacity under pressure.
Breaking a streak like that in international cricket — something no one has done in years — is way more impressive than hitting sixes in an IPL match. Bumrah’s a beast, but Konstas put him under real pressure where it matters most. That’s the difference."
 
Mrjungshook said:
Sir sir.
I get that Bumrah is lethal in the IPL with his yorkers and variations, but what Sam Konstas did in the Test arena is on another level. Bumrah had gone 4,483 deliveries in Tests without being hit for a six — that’s over four years of dominance in the purest form of cricket.

IPL sixes? Pant and Karthik have done that, but let’s be honest, IPL is gully danda in comparison. Test cricket is where bowlers test your technique, patience, and mental strength. Konstas didn’t just swing wildly; he reverse-scooped Bumrah, showcasing skill and audacity under pressure.
Breaking a streak like that in international cricket — something no one has done in years — is way more impressive than hitting sixes in an IPL match. Bumrah’s a beast, but Konstas put him under real pressure where it matters most. That’s the difference."
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If you are going to play tests like T20 that becomes gulli danda as well. Only two tests back Boland who looked difficult to get away was reverse lapped for six by Reddy whose first class average is 21 and he is only 21. If you have that mindset you can repeat the same stuff here. Kostas obviously has practiced against full balls and executed after a couple of attemptsm
 
bhai sam konstas took it to another level... means playing someone ramp shot in Test crickiet and that too with new ball was something extraordinary.
 
Konstas might have cracked the general code of taming Bumrah's impact with the new ball when starting. But he will have to do it multiple times to show that he has figured out Bumrah.

On the other hand, Head can definitely claim he's got a general understanding of how to play Bumrah. He's done it on the biggest of stages multiple times now.
 
kingusama92 said:
Konstas might have cracked the general code of taming Bumrah's impact with the new ball when starting. But he will have to do it multiple times to show that he has figured out Bumrah.

On the other hand, Head can definitely claim he's got a general understanding of how to play Bumrah. He's done it on the biggest of stages multiple times now.
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But now head averages only 28 against bumrah this series.

Bumrah bounced back.

So konstas for now.
 
I believe latham is the one player who has a good record vs bumrah in tests. One player booms hasn't figured out for some reason. Also daryl Mitchell.
 
Steve Smith's views on Sam Konstas thrashing of Jasprit Bumrah's bowling:

"I don't think much fazes the young kid,"

"As we saw yesterday, he was reverse ramping Bumrah and I was having a heart attack up in the (viewing) box."
 
The Bald Eagle said:
Steve Smith's views on Sam Konstas thrashing of Jasprit Bumrah's bowling:

"I don't think much fazes the young kid,"

"As we saw yesterday, he was reverse ramping Bumrah and I was having a heart attack up in the (viewing) box."
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that was some next level smahing of world's number 1 Test bowler from a newbie
 
Cricket Warrior said:
that was some next level smahing of world's number 1 Test bowler from a newbie
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Definitely. Even booms was a bit rattled. Like surprised. How this little kid was smashing him around. Let's see what happens next. Once more tape is available bowlers will find ways to neutralise him. Unless he is truly special and he will figure out ways to still smash bowlers.
 
kron said:
Definitely. Even booms was a bit rattled. Like surprised. How this little kid was smashing him around. Let's see what happens next. Once more tape is available bowlers will find ways to neutralise him. Unless he is truly special and he will figure out ways to still smash bowlers.
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His head, feet alignment is not correct.

This is under-19 Indian fast bowler Raj LImbani against Constas in the world cup final. That head position falls.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1756599683336830994
 
jnaveen1980 said:
His head, feet alignment is not correct.

This is under-19 Indian fast bowler Raj LImbani against Constas in the world cup final. That head position falls.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1756599683336830994
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Limbani is a very good talent. I wish we fast tracked bowlers.

I think draw back of having rank turners is the fact that bowlers will forget how to bowl long spells elsewhere when sena pitches require more overs from pacers? They should make it a bit bouncier. I get reverse is always there but reverse comes in only after 20 30 overs. In sena you are required to bowl more overs earlier for longer spells.
 
Cricket Warrior said:
he was on a super flight mode
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He was just auditioning for the IPL on a big Aussie stage. I bet he will grab an IPL contract at the first chance he gets one.

Just like many of his fellow Aussie cricketers, will spend 25% of his time in IPL.
 
You can say someone cracked the code if they can dominate a particular bowler for at least 3 Tests. One of innings mean nothing. Every bowler gets smashed on a bad day.

After all that talk, Bumrah still ended up with figures of 4/99. Amazing considering the bowling attack has been very weak.
 
U$ofA said:
He was just auditioning for the IPL on a big Aussie stage. I bet he will grab an IPL contract at the first chance he gets one.

Just like many of his fellow Aussie cricketers, will spend 25% of his time in IPL.
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Nepotist Ponting will grab him for sure
 
I think Konstas is not a big sample to say anything. Head has been more dominating so far.
 
No code is cracked until you do it multiple times.

Until then, it's only a breathtaking display that is pure box-office. We've seen that over the years. A good/great batsman pulls off something extraordinary against an ATG/In-great-form bowler. Such as:

Sehwag vs Gul at Mohali
Razzaq vs McGrath
Gill vs Shaheen
Fakhar vs Bumrah/Ashwin
Ajay Jadeja vs Waqar
 
Exciting for their second encounter this morning.
 
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Head has done well against him But Bumrah is on a next level. KOnstas is no match for Bumrah..period
 
Konatas is still a baby. Brand new to international cricket. One innings does not determine who tamed who. This is a silly
 
Devadwal said:
@The Bald Eagle bumrah is showing who is boss of both constas and head.

:shh :kp
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Hikaru said:
GOAT has reverse-cracked the code. :bumrah
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Nice one @Hikaru. I always appreciated Bumrah 👍
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On a lighter note, these Aussies are too cunning they keep sharing and leaking the codes that even Lyon becomes Don "Bradman" Lyon, Cummins become Sir Ian Cummins and Boland becomes David Boland :dw:kp:vk1
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Sam Konstas has digged a hole for himself by getting into argument with Bumrah. We have his wicket written tomorrow cheaply.

Question would be how long the pitch will assist the seamers tomorrow? Can we pick like 5 wickets at score around 100? Then only India stands a chance. If they take a lead, scoreboard pressure will also come.
 
Champ_Pal said:
Konatas is still a baby. Brand new to international cricket. One innings does not determine who tamed who. This is a silly
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Virat Kohli and Bumrah should also realise that he is a young guy... so showing aggression against him wont make them superior.
 
jnaveen1980 said:
SO 42 year old Anderson sledging 21 year old Jaiswal was fair game? lol He did give back by whacking him for 3 back to back sixes.
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i dont mind if its a verbal spat but making it physical contact to provoke someone is not a wise thing to do on the field.
 
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