Sam Konstas lit up the Melbourne Cricket Ground with a stunning display on his debut on the opening day of the fourth Test between India and Australia.

Konstas' brother Billy, who is a physiotherapist by profession, revealed how his father's error eventually helped his younger brother learn tackling pace bowling from an early age. "We were little kids and the first time dad took us to a bowling machine, he had it on 90 miles an hour, thinking it was 90 kilometres," Billy told Fox Cricket.

Virat Kohli and Sam Konstas got involved in a heated exchange during the Boxing Day Test at the MCG. Konstas came out with a fiery intent and launched a brutal assault on Indian bowlers, especially Jasprit Bumrah of whom he scored 34 runs in a spell,