Sheffield Shield

In October he became the youngest player since the great Ricky Ponting to score centuries in each innings of a match in the Sheffield Shield, Australia's first-class competition.

Earlier this season Konstas scored two centuries against South Australia in the Sheffield Shield, becoming the youngest player to do so since Ricky Ponting in 1993.

Konstas is only 19, but averages 61.50 in the Sheffield Shield for New South Wales this season, while 27-year-old Hunt averages 37 for South Australia.

Late November in the last nine years has included moments of remembrance for Phillip Hughes, Australia's prodigy who died after being struck on the neck by a ball while batting in the Sheffield Shield in 2014, trying to make a score to get back into the Test team.

He has not played in the Sheffield Shield, Australia's domestic red-ball competition, since 2021, but said he would be "more than happy" to play in the next round of fixtures if he was "really needed" for the India series.