Mitchell Starc reveals the only Aussie cricket star who DIDN'T like the wild Test batting from Sam Konstas against India - as teen sensation is hit by shocking call from selectors
Mitchell Starc reveals the only Aussie cricket star who DIDN'T like the wild Test batting from Sam Konstas against India - as teen sensation is hit by shocking call from selectors
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Aussie paceman Mitchell Starc has revealed the one teammate who didn't embrace the fearless batting approach from Sam Konstas in the Boxing Day Test at the MCG against India. The answer: Steve Smith. It comes as Konstas, 19, is set to be overlooked by selectors ahead of the first Test in Galle versus Sri Lanka, which starts on Wednesday afternoon.
![[Mitchell Starc told rugby league identities Cooper and Matty Johns that Steve Smith was puzzled by the batting approach of Sam Konstas]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/29/01/94619003-14335815-Mitchell_Starc_told_rugby_league_identities_Cooper_and_Matty_Joh-a-18_1738113453559.jpg)
Travis Head is tipped to open the batting with Usman Khawaja, with the vacant spot in the middle-order likely to go to Josh Inglis. Starc, 34, sat down with for a Backstage podcast chat with rugby league identities Cooper and Matty Johns - and he confirmed how the changeroom reacted to Konstas upsetting the tourists - notably Jasprit Bumrah and Virat Kohli - with his unorthodox approach at the crease.
![[It comes as Konstas, 19, is set to be overlooked by selectors ahead of the first Test in Galle versus Sri Lanka, which starts on Wednesday afternoon]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/29/00/94617189-14335815-It_comes_as_Konstas_19_is_set_to_be_overlooked_by_selectors_ahea-m-36_1738110227930.jpg)
'It was quite something,' the 94-Test veteran recalled. 'For when he [Konstas] started doing it [ramp shots] we were all like 'what is going on here? 'what is this kid doing'?. 'Basically everyone was quickly on board.....bar one player. Aussie paceman Mitchell Starc has revealed the one teammate who didn't embrace the fearless batting of Sam Konstas in the Boxing Day Test at the MCG against India.
![[The inexperience of Sam Konstas appears to have worked against him in the selection conversation, with the teenager embarking on his first subcontinent tour]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/29/01/94617171-14335815-The_inexperience_of_Sam_Konstas_appears_to_have_worked_against_h-a-19_1738113453564.jpg)
Mitchell Starc told rugby league identities Cooper and Matty Johns that Steve Smith was puzzled by the batting approach of Sam Konstas. 'Steve Smith....he was stressing. He found it bizarre and later said 'I'm done, cricket has past me, I'm too old for this.'.
Starc saw the funny side of the situation, and admitted he was 'probably there too.'. Meanwhile, Head's supreme efforts facing the new ball on the previous subcontinent tour in 2023 appear to be enough to have won him the spot next to Usman Khawaja for the first of two matches in Sri Lanka - at the expense of Konstas.
