Sam Konstas has admitted to listening to Adele if he gets out for a low score and is dealing with the low emotions of the moment, while he prefers to shuffle some house music beats if he wants to get pumped up.

Nineteen-year-old Konstas wasn’t exactly rolling in the deep after he fell for 49 against India A in Lucknow, but there were not quite enough runs for him to break out the Calvin Harris either.

Undoubtedly, Konstas would be annoyed at himself for making another strong start and failing to cash in fully. He had notched another promising contribution ahead of the fight for an Ashes batting berth, but stopped short of a third century in as many games.

It was about half an hour after lunch on day one in sweltering Lucknow when he edged a delivery from Indian Test paceman Mohammed Sir

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