IND vs AUS: This player has become the enemy of Rohit Sharma, giving pain to Team India every time

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|07-12-2024

While the Indian batsmen remained silent in front of the Australian bowlers in the Adelaide Test, Australia's middle order batsman Travis Head took a dig at the Indian bowlers. Team India's first innings ended at just 180 runs. Whereas Australia scored 337 runs in its first innings. The biggest contribution in this was from Travis Head. Travis Head attacked the Indian bowlers fiercely and put the Kangaroo team in a very strong position in the match. While the entire Australian team scored 197 runs, Head alone put 140 runs on the board. In this way, once again Head continued to trouble Team India.

Scored a brilliant century in Adelaide

Nitish Reddy was the biggest scorer for India in the first innings. He scored 42 runs in 52 balls. Whereas Head's bat thundered a lot from Australia's side. Head's strike rate before getting out was 100. Head hit 17 fours and 4 sixes in his innings. He once again caused a big blow to Team India by playing a stormy innings of 140 runs in 141 balls. Before this, he has broken the hearts of Indian fans by scoring centuries against India in the final of the 2023 World Test Championship and also on big occasions like the final of the 2023 ODI World Cup.

Head's bat is spewing fire against India from 2023

Travis Head loves playing against Team India. From the year 2023, they are spewing fire against India in all formats. Whereas against other teams, so much edge and aggression is not seen in his bat. Since 2023, he has scored 1875 runs in 54 innings against other teams in all formats. He scored 3 centuries and 10 half-centuries at an average of 36.8. Whereas against India, 1052 runs were scored in just 19 innings. Three centuries and four half-centuries came from his bat. Whereas Head's average against India is 61.9.

Head is not giving up chasing Rohit Sharma

Travis Head's bat is seen in its full glory against India when Rohit Sharma is commanding Team India. While Rohit Sharma was the captain of the Indian team, Head has scored more than fifty three times in the last three innings. Whereas on those occasions when Rohit did not take command of Team India, in the last 25 innings against India, Head has been able to play only 3 innings of more than fifty plus.

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