Watch: Sam Konstas riles up crowd to target Virat Kohli, Yashasvi Jaiswal in MCG Test

Australia National Cricket Team batter Sam Konstas has been live wire for the team in the ongoing fourth Test against the India National Cricket Team. The game between the two teams is taking place at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne and is heading towards an exciting finish.

Sam Konstas, who was involved in a fight with Virat Kohli, on day one of the game, made sure that he got the crowd going when the senior India National Cricket Team batter was batting along with Yashasvi Jaiswal when off-spinner Nathan Lyon was bowling in last session.

Sam Konsta got the crowd going with roars and applauses to lift Nathan Lyon

It was during the 26th over of the Indian innings when Sam Konstas, who was fielding near the boundary, got the crowd going with roars and applauses to lift Nathan Lyon. Yashasvi Jaiswal, who was at the strike that time, however, looked unfazed by it as he safely played the over of the off-spinner.

Not only this, Sam Konstas later in the day also got the crowd going when Virat Kohli was batting. The entire incident took place before the drinks break in the final session of Day 2, as the atmosphere at the Melbourne Cricket Ground looked electric.

Here's the video:

Sam Konstas is getting the crowd involved 😅#AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/LxpxbvnPEf

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Yashasvi Jaiswal and Virat Kohli add over 100 runs partnership, India face terrible collapse in the end

While Yashasvi Jaiswal and Virat Kohli played that period pretty well, adding over 100 runs in partnership, India National Cricket Team faced a terrible collapse during the fag end of day two. They came under massive pressure as the Australia National Cricket Team took command of the game and are now looking for a win.

It was Yashasvi Jaiswal, whose wicket triggered the collapse of India. The young batter was involved in a mix-up with Virat Kohli and got run out for just 82 runs. After that, the senior batter too got out for 36, and tailender Akash Deep followed them as India were reduced from 152/2 to 159/5.

India National Cricket Team are now under massive pressure as they ended day 2 with a score of 165/5. Rishabh Pant and Ravindra Jadeja are now at the crease and the onus will now be on the two left-handers to bail the team out of trouble and bring India back in the game on Day 3.

Sam Konstas was one of the heroes with bat for Australia

Coming to the Australia innings, Konstas was one of the heroes of his team. Opening the innings for his team on debut, he slammed a brutal half-century, taking Jasprit Bumrah to cleaners, and ended up with the innings of 60 runs that took the hosts off to a flying start.

Steve Smith was the top run-getter for his team as he slammed a magnificent century, ending with 140 runs. Apart from him, Konstas, Usman Khawaja, and Marnus Labuschagne also hit half-centuries as the Australia National Cricket Team piled up a massive total of 474 runs.

Also read: Cricket Australia, BCCI issue strong statements on Virat Kohli-Sam Konstas incident at MCG