A familiar sight continued for Team India, getting smashed via Travis Head’s blade. The Australian southpaw, fresh off his match-winning 140 at his home ground Adelaide, once again put the Rohit Sharma-led side to the sword. Head made a fifty in the first innings of the ongoing third Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) Test. Incredibly, with this, he put full stop to his “hoodoo” while batting at the Gabba, Brisbane.
Prior to this encounter, Head recorded as many as three consecutive ducks at this historic venue. Notably, all three ducks weren’t just mere zeroes but golden ducks, including a ‘King pair’ against the West Indies earlier this year.
Travis Heads’ fifty takes India aback
“Head”ache, “Head”start, “Travis-ty” – these are the words Indian fans have now been accustomed to reading. After all, the South Australian has single-handedly given many nightmares to India. Talk about the World Test Championship (WTC) Final, the ODI World Cup 2023 Final and most recently a heroic 140 in the pink ball Test at Adelaide. Travis Head has time and again dominated India, regardless of the format.
Travis Head vs India since 2023
| Innings | Runs | Av | 50/100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 1108 | 64.94 | 5/3 |
Against India, Head turns his beast mode on. As seen on the table above, he has mauled the Men in Blue at a whopping average of almost 65 across formats since 2023. On the contrary against other nations, these numbers massively drop. Against other teams, Head has made 1875 runs at an average of 36.76 across 54 innings in this same period. Travis Head’s last 5 Test innings against India:
- (recent first) 52*, 140, 11, 89, 163
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