The rise of Sheffield Shield-winning cricketer Jason Sangha, and his advice for Sam Konstas

Before he made himself a legendary figure in South Australia by guiding the state home to a first Sheffield Shield in 29 years, Jason Sangha watched 19-year-old Sam Konstas dominate cricket’s biggest stage on Boxing Day.

Sangha did so with awe but also empathy. Back in 2017, Sangha was also a teenage sensation, making an assured century against the touring England side in Townsville, captaining Australia’s under-19s and then making his first Shield hundred for NSW at the SCG before he turned 20.

Jason Sangha was the toast of Adelaide after winning the Sheffield Shield. Credit: Getty Images

At the time, Sangha wore comparisons with Sachin Tendulkar, the only player of comparable age to have made a hundred against an England team. Subsequent years were not so kind. Sangha managed only two more centuries for the Blues over the next five seasons, and moved to SA after losing his NSW contract.

Reunited with his former under-19s coach Ryan Harris and at home in a dressing room composed largely of fellow travellers from interstate, Sangha has flourished this season, so much so that he is now in the frame for an Australia A tour of India later this year. He has a word of advice for Konstas, still his teammate at the Sydney Thunder: don’t get too high, or too low.

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