Taran Manikandan vs 🏏 Sam Konstas

Year-by-year, aligned by age (as at the 1 September cutoff) — see where Taran sits against Sam at the same age.

Both figures count imported matches only — a player with just rep matches imported will show lower volumes than one with a full career on file. Treat totals as indicative of level reached, not a like-for-like volume race.

Taran Manikandan career · imported matches

BAT Working on Basics

128 runs
10.81 avg · 58.5 SR
15 inns

BOWL ~22

11 wkts
5.67 econ · 34.36 avg

FIELD 14

4 ct · 0 st
0 run outs

Sam Konstas career · imported matches

BAT 77

15,884 runs
43.01 avg · 70.39 SR
460 inns

BOWL

228 wkts
3.09 econ · 17.11 avg

FIELD 60

203 ct · 1 st
43 run outs

At age 12: Taran Manikandan made 54 runs (HS 22); Sam made 962 (HS 89) at Representative cricket level .

🧤 Fielding

Age	Taran Manikandan	Sam Konstas	Callout
6	—	1 ct · 2 ro
7	—	6 ct · 1 ro
8	—	9 ct · 4 ro
9	—	13 ct · 3 ro
10	0 ct · 0 ro	11 ct · 10 ro	21 dismissals behind Sam's pace
11	0 ct · 0 ro	13 ct · 4 ro	17 dismissals behind Sam's pace
12	4 ct · 0 ro	20 ct · 2 ro	18 dismissals behind Sam's pace
13	—	13 ct · 6 ro
14	—	23 ct · 2 ro
15	—	19 ct · 4 ro
16	—	21 ct · 2 ro
17	—	13 ct · 0 ro
18	—	15 ct · 0 ro
19	—	21 ct · 2 ro
20	—	2 ct · 0 ro

🎯 Bowling

Age	Taran Manikandan — Wkts	Sam Konstas — Wkts	Callout
6	—	7
7	—	22
8	—	27
9	—	20
10	2	20	18 wkts behind Sam's pace
11	7	27	20 wkts behind Sam's pace
12	2	37	35 wkts behind Sam's pace
13	—	35
14	—	29
15	—	1
16	—	2
17	—	—
18	—	—
19	—	1
20	—	—

🏏 Batting

Age	Taran Manikandan		Sam Konstas		Callout
	Runs (HS)	Level reached	Runs (HS)	Level reached
6	—	—	152 (30)	Representative cricket	Sam was active at Representative cricket; no record for Taran Manikandan
7	—	—	327 (50)	Representative cricket	Sam was active at Representative cricket; no record for Taran Manikandan
8	—	—	838 (116)	Representative cricket	Sam was active at Representative cricket; no record for Taran Manikandan
9	—	—	647 (66)	Representative cricket	Sam was active at Representative cricket; no record for Taran Manikandan
10	16 (11)	Representative cricket	685 (83)	State age championships	669 runs behind Sam's pace
11	58 (19)	Representative cricket	1,171 (100)	State age championships	1,113 runs behind Sam's pace
12	54 (22)	State age championships	962 (89)	Representative cricket	908 runs behind Sam's pace
13	—	—	1,806 (159)	U15 district rep (Weblin Shield)	Sam was active at U15 district rep (Weblin Shield); no record for Taran Manikandan
14	—	—	1,822 (206)	AW Green Shield (U16 district rep)	Sam was active at AW Green Shield (U16 district rep); no record for Taran Manikandan
15	—	—	2,075 (202)	AW Green Shield (U16 district rep)	Sam was active at AW Green Shield (U16 district rep); no record for Taran Manikandan
16	—	—	1,715 (117)	State 2nd XI	Sam was active at State 2nd XI; no record for Taran Manikandan
17	—	—	1,019 (150)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	Sam was active at First-class / Sheffield Shield; no record for Taran Manikandan
18	—	—	1,115 (152)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	Sam was active at First-class / Sheffield Shield; no record for Taran Manikandan
19	—	—	1,066 (116)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	Sam was active at First-class / Sheffield Shield; no record for Taran Manikandan
20	—	—	371 (151)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	Sam was active at First-class / Sheffield Shield; no record for Taran Manikandan

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