Australia's top-order stepped with the bat to guide the hosts to 311 for six at the close of play on Day 1. Jasprit Bumrah-inspired India took 4 wickets in the final session to script a small comeback after Sam Konstas's special hammering in the fourth Test against Australia.

Australia produced a collective batting performance in the first two sessions before faltering late into the opening day's play.

India captain Rohit Sharma wants his team’s other bowlers to “step up” and help pace bowler Jasprit Bumrah, who has been the standout star of the series with Australia.

Sam Konstas hit two boundaries and a six with reverse ramp shots against India pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah. Bumrah was hit for a six in Test cricket after 4483 deliveries and three years.

Jasprit Bumrah dismissed Travis Head, the leading run-scorer of this series, for a duck on Day 1 of the Boxing Day Test at the MCG on Thursday.

Konstas became the first batter in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy to hit a six against Bumrah. While most of the other Australian batters struggled to even withstand the pressure posed by the marquee Indian pacer, Konstas showed a new way he could be tackled.

Sam Konstas wowed the crowd during his first Test match against India, astonishingly hitting a six off a ball from Jasprit Bumrah and reaching a 50-run milestone in a mere 52 balls.

Staring contests, words exchanged, a shoulder barge and some jaw-dropping shots. Sam Konstas makes a stunning start to Test career on Boxing Day.

On Monday, before he was confirmed to debut in the Boxing Day Test, Sam Konstas crowed about his ‘secret’ plan for Jasprit Bumrah, though he wouldn’t say what it was. “I am generally going to put pressure back on the bowler,

After creating the chances numerous time, Akash Deep finally got his first wicket in the form of Alex Carey for 31

Australia’s Travis Head continued his remarkable run in the ongoing series against India, climbing to fourth place in the Men’s Test Batting Rankings.