Jasprit Bumrah sends off Sam Konstas in response to Virat Kohli on day two, clean bowled wicket, video reaction

A good cricketer knows how to perfect a send-off.

But a great cricketer? They remember those send-offs and go one better.

And that was exactly the case when Indian fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah dismissed Australian teenager Sam Konstas on day four of the Boxing Day Test at the MCG.

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Konstas could not repeat the efforts of his first innings where he made 60 off 65, instead being clean bowled by Bumrah, dismissed for just 8 off 18.

And Bumrah sure let the 19-year-old opener and debutant know about it.

Jasprit Bumrah of India celebrates the dismissal of Sam Konstas. Cricket Australia via Getty Imag

Bumrah raised his arms to the crowd and gestured for Konstas to get off the ground, in a classic send-off.

What some may not remember is that Konstas did the exact same thing when Indian veteran Virat Kohli was dismissed on day two after making 36 off 86.

And it left some cricketing greats reminding the Aussie teen of humility.

"It always comes back to bite you at some stage," Mike Hussey said on Fox after Konstas was dismissed in the seventh over of Australia's second innings on day four.

"I wonder if Sam Konstas is back in the dressing rooms thinking, 'I wish I charged him'."

It just makes the battle between the two nations all the more spicy.

"It all just adds to the theatre of the occasion," Isa Guha added.

And Bumrah, who usually lets his bowling do all the talking for him, was quick to respond to Konstas on day four.

"You don't see a lot of theatrics from Bumrah, but when Sam Konstas was dismissed, he thought, 'Yep, I'm here as well'," Mark Waugh said.

Konstas came shoulder-to-shoulder with Kohli on day one, with a frustrated Indian veteran trying to intimidate the teen in the middle of the ground.

The pair had a verbal stoush before being broken up by veteran Australian opener Usman Khawaja.

Kohli was only fined for his antics and will be allowed to play in the fifth Test at the SCG.

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