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[PICTURES/VIDEOS] Travis Head: The man for the big stage against India

FearlessRoar said:
Cheteshwar Pujara shares his insights on how India’s bowlers can tackle Travis Head’s counterattack during an analysis on a local sports channel:

“Line is very important. Keep middle-off stumps line, Even if you are bowling over the stumps or around the wicket, don’t let the middle stump play as off-stump."

"The line should always be middle-off. In that line, he [Travis Head] looks very uncomfortable."
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Almost all teams have figured him out apart from a few innings except Rohit sharma. But you have to have proper field set on the off side. Rohit completely opens that cordon.
 
FearlessRoar said:
Cheteshwar Pujara shares his insights on how India’s bowlers can tackle Travis Head’s counterattack during an analysis on a local sports channel:

“Line is very important. Keep middle-off stumps line, Even if you are bowling over the stumps or around the wicket, don’t let the middle stump play as off-stump."

"The line should always be middle-off. In that line, he [Travis Head] looks very uncomfortable."
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That's a horrible strategy lol, it'll only work with the new ball.

Travis is literally the best offside player in the world. You gotta bowl legside to him since once he's onsong he usually struggles with the pull shot.

99% of his dismissals are pull shot dismissals once he is set.

When Travis head is new, yes the middle offstump line bothers him but so does every delivery.

Travis Head's issue is that he either gets out quickly or game over for the opposition unless Bumrah does something
 
Travis Head is my favourite Australian batsman, before it was Clarke and Hayden. That world cup knock was too good, I thought India was going to win. One of the top knocks in a world cup final where home team had the upper hand.
 
He is currently the most run-getter of the series

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Just wish he plays another spectacular knock again...but after a great run, the failure is always due.
 
It's Travis's birthday 🎂

The Australian batter turns 30 day and may bat today too on his big day against India on the Day 4 of the Boxing day Test. So will he go big today or fail?

𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗮𝘆 "𝚃𝚛𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚜 𝙷𝚎𝚊𝚍" 🎂 ❤️
- 𝙿𝙻𝙰𝚈𝙴𝚁 𝙾𝙵 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙼𝙰𝚃𝙲𝙷 𝙸𝙽 𝚆𝚃𝙲 𝙵𝙸𝙽𝙰𝙻 🔥🥶
- 𝙿𝙻𝙰𝚈𝙴𝚁 𝙾𝙵 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙼𝙰𝚃𝙲𝙷 𝙸𝙽 𝙾𝙳𝙸 𝚆𝙲 𝙵𝙸𝙽𝙰𝙻 🔥🥶
- 𝙿𝙻𝙰𝚈𝙴𝚁 𝙾𝙵 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙼𝙰𝚃𝙲𝙷 𝙸𝙽 𝙿𝙸𝙽𝙺 𝙱𝙰𝙻𝙻 𝚃𝙴𝚂𝚃 🔥🥶
- 15 𝙸𝙽𝚃𝙴𝚁𝙽𝙰𝚃𝙸𝙾𝙽𝙰𝙻 𝙷𝚄𝙽𝙳𝚁𝙴𝙳𝚂 (14 𝙲𝙰𝙼𝙴 𝙸𝙽 𝚆𝙸𝙽𝙽𝙸𝙽𝙶 𝚂𝙸𝚃𝚄𝙰𝚃𝙸𝙾𝙽 / 1 𝙸𝙽 𝙳𝚁𝙰𝚆) 🗿🤍
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Head has failed completely in the 4th test. Bumrah got the better of him in both innings.
 
The Bald Eagle said:
It's Travis's birthday 🎂

The Australian batter turns 30 day and may bat today too on his big day against India on the Day 4 of the Boxing day Test. So will he go big today or fail?

𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗮𝘆 "𝚃𝚛𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚜 𝙷𝚎𝚊𝚍" 🎂 ❤️
- 𝙿𝙻𝙰𝚈𝙴𝚁 𝙾𝙵 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙼𝙰𝚃𝙲𝙷 𝙸𝙽 𝚆𝚃𝙲 𝙵𝙸𝙽𝙰𝙻 🔥🥶
- 𝙿𝙻𝙰𝚈𝙴𝚁 𝙾𝙵 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙼𝙰𝚃𝙲𝙷 𝙸𝙽 𝙾𝙳𝙸 𝚆𝙲 𝙵𝙸𝙽𝙰𝙻 🔥🥶
- 𝙿𝙻𝙰𝚈𝙴𝚁 𝙾𝙵 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙼𝙰𝚃𝙲𝙷 𝙸𝙽 𝙿𝙸𝙽𝙺 𝙱𝙰𝙻𝙻 𝚃𝙴𝚂𝚃 🔥🥶
- 15 𝙸𝙽𝚃𝙴𝚁𝙽𝙰𝚃𝙸𝙾𝙽𝙰𝙻 𝙷𝚄𝙽𝙳𝚁𝙴𝙳𝚂 (14 𝙲𝙰𝙼𝙴 𝙸𝙽 𝚆𝙸𝙽𝙽𝙸𝙽𝙶 𝚂𝙸𝚃𝚄𝙰𝚃𝙸𝙾𝙽 / 1 𝙸𝙽 𝙳𝚁𝙰𝚆) 🗿🤍
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Happy birthday to a legend the natural successor to Warner
 
Top run-scorers in BGT 2024-25:

414 - Travis Head (51.75 Avg)
391 - Yashasvi Jaiswal (43.44 Avg)
310 - Steven Smith (38.75 Avg)
298 - Kumar Reddy Nitish (37.25 Avg)
276 - KL Rahul (30.66 Avg)
255 - Rishabh Pant (28.33 Avg)
226 - Marnus Labuschagne (28.25 Avg)
216 - Alex Carey (30.85 Avg)
190 - Virat Kohli (23.75 Avg)
159 - Pat Cummins (19.87 Avg)

Only Travis Head averages 50+
 
Headache for a reason
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Travis Head's scores against India on big stages (ICC tournaments/series deciders) show how much he loves playing against India in important games! 💪😬

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Another ICC tournament knock out match between both nations.

All eyes will be on Travis bhai once again
 
There is no easier encounter than this. First 10 overs Injured shami and part time pandya to negotiate. He can have field day.
 
Head is an exciting batsman and fun to watch in full flow - it’s not fun when you’re at the receiving end but you got to appreciate great innings regardless of the nationality of a player. That said, good for him that he’s maximizing his output while he can because he is a hand-eye coordination dependent batsman and at one point that strength will diminish, it has happened to the best of them. But fun to watch till it lasts from a cricket fan’s point of view.
 
Very vulnerable against the swinging yorker early on in his innings
 
Rana said:
Very vulnerable against the swinging yorker early on in his innings
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Theirs just no inbetween with this guy. It's either game over or he gets out early.

I think the only time he dominated an opposition but aus didn't win was wc 2024 and even then It required bumrah to get rid of him.

Dude's a machine when he's onsong. Fakhar zaman gave you vibes of domination but Travis just gives you vibes of being helpless. What can you even do.

Steven Smith in tests and mcgrath overall made you suffer a slow painful death, but Travis just shoots you in the head and calls it a day
 
Rana said:
Very vulnerable against the swinging yorker early on in his innings
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Arshdeep singh cleaned him up first over in the IPL. THen later in final Starc cleaned him up exactly the same way. There is no business for him to score so many runs with so many weaknesses. Rohit sharma with his inept captaincy turned him into a monster.
 
jnaveen1980 said:
Arshdeep singh cleaned him up first over in the IPL. THen later in final Starc cleaned him up exactly the same way. There is no business for him to score so many runs with so many weaknesses. Rohit sharma with his inept captaincy turned him into a monster.
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Head cant play against quality spin too. Never succeeded against kuldeep or varun in ipl.Even bishnoi got a good record against him.Head needs
Rohit's dumb captaincy more than anything else.
 
SO India has to face Head again in the Knockout game... The way travis has owned India, he will be the key player for rohit and co to get his wicket as soon as possible.
 
We have a depleted bowling lineup this time and the thing about players like Navjot Sidhu and Head is that they know how to take advantage of such situation, I would like India to bring a spinner early on coz unlike Sidhu, Travis Head is not great against spin.
 
India's world cup fast bowling line up

Bumrah, Siraj, Shami

Australia world cup fast bowling line up

Starc, Cummins, Hazlewood

5 of them are missing in this. Shami playing more harmful to India than helpful. If India sits him out that will be one on one with INdia's bench strength pace vs Australian bench strength pace.
 
jeeteshssaxena said:
We have a depleted bowling lineup this time and the thing about players like Navjot Sidhu and Head is that they know how to take advantage of such situation, I would like India to bring a spinner early on coz unlike Sidhu, Travis Head is not great against spin.
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Travis Head is not great against spin.

What? He's literally the best player of any attack in the world if he's in song. You either get him out early or he ends you. Ain't no spinner changing that fortune.
 
jeeteshssaxena said:
We have a depleted bowling lineup this time and the thing about players like Navjot Sidhu and Head is that they know how to take advantage of such situation, I would like India to bring a spinner early on coz unlike Sidhu, Travis Head is not great against spin.
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Yes he is a tulla who was lucky on World Cup final .

Indian spinners will exposed him Tomorrow.

During the Australia tour of india , head was in form batsman yet australia dropped him from the playing eleven because he is garbage against spinners

:kp
 
mominsaigol said:
Travis Head is not great against spin.

What? He's literally the best player of any attack in the world if he's in song. You either get him out early or he ends you. Ain't no spinner changing that fortune.
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Correct.

Head took Kuldeep to cleaners during 2023 WC final.

 
I will like varun opening bowling against head.let him bowl 3 or 4 overs .Kuldeep also can be the attacking option in middle overs.i hope rohit brain works properly or have loads of luck .
 
Head destroying india once again. Semi Final of CT2025 and India has to face the wrath of Head once again...
 
Luck is also important in sports. Head is always lucky while playing against India. He got two reprieves today and smashed a couple of boundaries after that.
Even in the WC final, he was beaten by Bumrah and Shami many times, coming very close, but he still ended up thrashing us.
 
jeeteshssaxena said:
We have a depleted bowling lineup this time and the thing about players like Navjot Sidhu and Head is that they know how to take advantage of such situation, I would like India to bring a spinner early on coz unlike Sidhu, Travis Head is not great against spin.
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As I said, unlike Sidhu, Travis Head struggles against spin, that's why he averages under 30 in Asia in Test cricket.

He is a good player and could have changed the game if the pitch didn't offer any spin.
 
Devadwal said:
Yes he is a tulla who was lucky on World Cup final .

Indian spinners will exposed him Tomorrow.

During the Australia tour of india , head was in form batsman yet australia dropped him from the playing eleven because he is garbage against spinners

:kp
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Told you guy's he is a Tullebaaz who was riding on the luck in 2023 world cup final. He would have been out 10th time during that innings but he was so so lucky .

Today he exposed yet again after getting 2-3 chance in Short innings.

:kp
 
BouncerGuy said:
LUCKY INDIA... LUCKY...Travis Head would have scored another 100 here.. He was looking dangerous...
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YOU CAUSED ANOTHER CATALCYLSM EVENT? AND YOU THOUGHT I WOULDNT NOTICE?

STEVE SMITH WASNT ENOUGH?

Shame on you, Shame Shame Shame. Leader of the nexus, leader of the nexus leader of the nexus.
 
Devadwal said:
Told you guy's he is a Tullebaaz who was riding on the luck in 2023 world cup final. He would have been out 10th time during that innings but he was so so lucky .

Today he exposed yet again after getting 2-3 chance in Short innings.

:kp
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You make your own luck by being aggressive.

Australia no doubt are the luckiest cricket country however.
 
Travis Head in ICC knockouts:
163 & 18 vs IND, 2023 WTC Final - POTM
2/21 & 62 vs SA, 2023 ODI WC SF - POTM
137 vs IND, 2023 ODI WC Final - POTM
39 vs IND, 2025 CT SF :

For the first time, Travis Head played an ICC knockout match and missed the POTM Award
Insane :aag
 
Cover Drive Six said:
Travis Head in ICC knockouts:
163 & 18 vs IND, 2023 WTC Final - POTM
2/21 & 62 vs SA, 2023 ODI WC SF - POTM
137 vs IND, 2023 ODI WC Final - POTM
39 vs IND, 2025 CT SF :

For the first time, Travis Head played an ICC knockout match and missed the POTM Award
Insane :aag
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What a BOSS
 
Devadwal said:
Told you guy's he is a Tullebaaz who was riding on the luck in 2023 world cup final. He would have been out 10th time during that innings but he was so so lucky .

Today he exposed yet again after getting 2-3 chance in Short innings.

:kp
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He needs luck or some one has to shepherd him against good bowlers .in ipl abhishek does it against all quality spinners like varun, Kuldeep, bishnoi etc
 
Cover Drive Six said:
Travis Head in ICC knockouts:
163 & 18 vs IND, 2023 WTC Final - POTM
2/21 & 62 vs SA, 2023 ODI WC SF - POTM
137 vs IND, 2023 ODI WC Final - POTM
39 vs IND, 2025 CT SF :

For the first time, Travis Head played an ICC knockout match and missed the POTM Award
Insane :aag
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So this tulla had one great year (which is amazing) but nothing after or before. He's getting on in cricket years, will just go down as a tulla with some great performances like a poor man's Fakhar Zaman.
 
RizwanT20Champ said:
So this tulla had one great year (which is amazing) but nothing after or before. He's getting on in cricket years, will just go down as a tulla with some great performances like a poor man's Fakhar Zaman.
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That one year was enough. He won two World Cups with his match-winning performances, something many greats couldn't achieve in their entire careers.
 
Cover Drive Six said:
That one year was enough. He won two World Cups with his match-winning performances, something many greats couldn't achieve in their entire careers.
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ok and what? Some random Indian batsman Karan Nayyar scored 300 in test cricket something Tendulker and Ponting never managed. One off performances are just that. Overall players are judged on consistency. One tulla innings vs Shardul Thakur or one chasing in terribly lopsided conditions thanks to india's pitch tampering backfiring doesn't mean jack. Guy doesn't even have an overseas test hundred in the den of the opposition yet.
 
RizwanT20Champ said:
ok and what? Some random Indian batsman Karan Nayyar scored 300 in test cricket something Tendulker and Ponting never managed. One off performances are just that. Overall players are judged on consistency. One tulla innings vs Shardul Thakur or one chasing in terribly lopsided conditions thanks to india's pitch tampering backfiring doesn't mean jack. Guy doesn't even have an overseas test hundred in the den of the opposition yet.
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Dude, winning tournaments with match-winning performances is completely different from scoring 300 runs in Test cricket. You're totally lost and comparing apples to oranges.
 
Cover Drive Six said:
Dude, winning tournaments with match-winning performances is completely different from scoring 300 runs in Test cricket. You're totally lost and comparing apples to oranges.
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Irfan Pathan has a match winning performance in WC final - is he better than Waqar Younis, Dale Steyn and Alan Donald? Winning tournaments is great but they are cherry on the cake. Otherwise any tulla can blaze away a couple of times. Your hero Tendulker was a failure in 2 WC finals, by your logic he is a useless player.
 
RizwanT20Champ said:
ok and what? Some random Indian batsman Karan Nayyar scored 300 in test cricket something Tendulker and Ponting never managed. One off performances are just that. Overall players are judged on consistency. One tulla innings vs Shardul Thakur or one chasing in terribly lopsided conditions thanks to india's pitch tampering backfiring doesn't mean jack. Guy doesn't even have an overseas test hundred in the den of the opposition yet.
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Karun Nair and Tendulkar.

You wouldn't be pleased if we said Rozawan or Injumam
 
Travis Head continues with his red hot form in IPL against a blue uniform team, LSG

Made 47*(28) today
 
The Bald Eagle said:
He is 'tullay baz" according to some but only when playing against India lol
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Apprantly anyone who likes to play an aggressive brand of cricket and is not an indian is automatically a tulla baz.

For Indians you are either

A) A goat player no matter how crap you are as long as you have an indian passport attached to your name.

B) A tulla baz irrespective of the skill level of a player because they play aggressive

C) A stat padder if they happen to be accumulators with a 5th gear unless your kohli or indian ofcourse.
 
He is nothing more than a poor man’s VVS Laxman in Tests.

In white ball cricket, he is at same level as Ishan Kishan but Kishan doesn’t make the Indian side due to strong competition for a spot in Indian side.

He was a nobody at the highest level in that 2018 and 2020 home series vs India and nobody cared about him. He became a star only in 2023 across all formats. :inti
 
Ab Fan said:
He is nothing more than a poor man’s VVS Laxman in Tests.

In white ball cricket, he is at same level as Ishan Kishan but Kishan doesn’t make the Indian side due to strong competition for a spot in Indian side.

He was a nobody at the highest level in that 2018 and 2020 home series vs India and nobody cared about him. He became a star only in 2023 across all formats. :inti
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How can he be a poor man's vvs laxman when they literally don't even bat in a similar fashion in test cricket?

Travis head bats like Warner in test aka smashing everything while laxman plays test cricket even slower then Steve smith and Labu at times? These 2 don't share anything in common in test cricket.

Adding to Ab fan's

1) Johnny Bairstow is one of the best odi openers of all time

2) Shaun Pollock = Ashwin = Anderson in test cricket

3) Laxman > Kohli > YK in test cricket

4) Travis Head is a poor man's version of LLaxmanin test when they literally have nothing in common in terms of batting style and structuring a test innings

5) Pollock is only a borderline ATG but Jadeja is a certified ATG

None of these posts make any sense.

Travis has nothing to do with laxman, Ashwin and jadeja are spinners while pollock is a pacer but even if you equate them 2 of them are home turf bullied and okayish overseas while the other is considered close to mcgrath at peak

And 2 players who don't avg 50+ in any other country besides India and in kohli's case avg 14, 33 and 36 against Bangladesh, Nz and England 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

Is somehow > a guy who avg 50+, has more centuries, more test runs and and has a stellar record in every country except SA?

Even if you're a biased Indian, these takes are so rubbish that they make me cringe.

What's the point of putting Kohli > YK in test cricket when you already have dravid, Sachin, And sunny to gloat about? Aka 3 proper test cricketers who don't embarass themsleves and need fairy time bedwetting stories to justify their inclusion in test cricket.
 
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Ice Man said:
Travis Head is a poor man's Laxman like Pant is a poor man's Brad Haddin. 😂
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Ik right?

Did you know that

Virender sehwag is a poor man's Steve Smith in test

Labu is a poor Man's Viv Richards in Odi

Ashwin is a poor Man's Mcgrath in test

Dhoni is a poor Man's Shane Warne
 
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