Cricket fans have enjoyed teen sensation Sam Konstas sticking out like a sore thumb as the Australian side posed for its traditional snap with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese ahead of the fifth Test against India.

The PM took to social media on Wednesday night to share pictures with the Australian and Indian sides ahead of the crucial Sydney Test that gets underway on Friday.

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Australia leads the series 2-1 and a win or a draw in the final match of the series will see them claim the Border-Gavaskar trophy for the first time in almost a decade.

And after a dramatic fourth Test win, Albanese took to Twitter to share pictures of both sides, captioned: “The Australian and Indian teams have already given us an incredible summer of cricket.”

However, eagle-eyed fans were quick to call out Konstas, who decided to turn up to the official photo-shoot in a pair of green Adidas Sambas, while the PM and all of the Australian team and staff other than him wore black dress shoes.

Most people loved the act, and some labelled the move “iconic”, though there were also grumps who weren’t impressed and joked that as a Gen Z kid, he probably thought the nice pair of kicks counted as dress shoes.

Konstas’ star teammate Travis Head also saw the brighter side, cheekily roasting the opener.

“He lives in the state! He lives in Sydney! He should be able to go home and get some black shoes,” he said on the Willow Talk podcast.

“I didn’t have leather shoes, so I can’t say anything – I wore black shoes but trainers pretty much. And no belt as well, it was… what the last 10 days has been, exactly that. He’s rocked up in green shoes without a belt. At least he was on time for the bus, that’s good.”

He added: “He hasn’t got mum to look after him as much around the boys.”

Away from his cheeky shoe choice, Konstas, to many Aussies, can do no wrong after he impressed on his Test debut, taking the game to the Indians from the outset.

The opener got the Aussies off to a flyer with a quick 60 in the first innings that saw strike bowler Jasprit Bumrah scratching his head.

Speaking about Konstas’ innings Aussie wicketkeeper Alex Carey said he felt like one of the 90,000 spectators on the edge of his seat as the teenager pulled off multiple ramp shots and played an array of aggressive strokes.

“At times, I couldn’t watch it, at times I was cheering, but just the energy he brought it was something different, I probably wasn’t expecting that amount of difference,” Carey said.

“He plays a style of cricket that was probably new to India as well.”

But Carey suggested the youngster won’t take that approach every match and said he wouldn’t be surprised if he takes a more patient approach at the SCG.

“I don’t think that’s the blueprint every Test match, but to be able to throw a few punches early, get a bit of momentum for us, which I guess the opening partnership (of Usman Khawaja and Nathan McSweeney) was probably just lacking that intensity.”