Travis Head in motion© AFP
Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting believes left-handed batter Travis Head is nicely on his solution to changing into one of many batting greats of the modern-day recreation. Head was named Participant of the Match after scoring a surprising 140 off 141 balls to assist Australia beat India by ten wickets within the day-night Check on the Adelaide Oval and assist the hosts’ degree the five-match collection at 1-1. Head has been India’s nemesis during the last 18 months – making magnificent 163 within the 2023 World Check Championship last and a match-winning 137 within the ODI World Cup last later that 12 months.
“He is on the way in which to being a type of (greats). I do not suppose you’ll be able to name him an awesome simply but. That is no knock on what he is doing as a result of what he is doing has been spectacular. And a number of the instances, it has been when his workforce’s wanted him probably the most.
“Take into consideration the World Cup semi-final, the World Cup last, World Check Championship, Ashes in Australia a few years in the past. Large moments are when Travis has discovered a solution to rise up,” stated Ponting on the ICC Assessment present.
He additionally in contrast Head’s type of play to his former teammate, swashbuckling wicketkeeper-batter Adam Gilchrist, who introduced in aggressive strokeplay as a left-handed batter in Australia’s dominating period in early 2000s.
“The apparent one is Gilly. The way in which that Head performs is in a really related solution to the way in which that Gilchrist performed, albeit a few positions larger within the batting order. Gilly was a six or seven, and Travis is doing his harm at No.5.
“I really like sitting again and watching him play. It is fairly refreshing to observe guys play that method. It would not matter what the scenario is, Travis goes to return out and play the identical method, and I really like that.
“It is Travis’s perspective that enables him to play the way in which that he is performed. He isn’t petrified of getting out. He would not care concerning the destructive consequence. He is solely seeing the constructive final result in every little thing that he does,” concluded Ponting.
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