Image Source : INDIA TV Travis Head hits his fourth century in WTC 2021-23
A kangaroo batsman stood between the Indian team and its 10-year ICC trophy dream. Indian bowlers started well on the first day of the final of the World Test Championship being played at The Oval, but after that Steve Smith and Travis Head’s unbeaten 251-run partnership changed all the emotions. After losing three wickets for 76 runs, the pair of Smith and Head took the front and handled it in such a way that no wicket was lost till the last ball of the day. Australia’s score was 327 for 3 at stumps on the first day. Smith was unbeaten on 96 and Head 146. While many records were made by the partnership of these two, Head also destroyed a record of Rishabh Pant.
In fact, before this match in the 2021-23 cycle of the ongoing World Test Championship (WTC), Indian wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant was the player with the highest strike rate. But Travis Head has destroyed Rishabh Pant’s record by scoring a brilliant century against India in the final match. Head brought up his century in this innings off 106 balls and was his fourth in this edition. Now his strike rate has become the highest in the entire season (2021-23) of WTC. While batting in ODI style in the Test match, he took the bowlers of the Indian team by fire.
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Travis Head
Batsmen with the highest strike rate in WTC 2021-23 81.91 – Travis Head (till the end of Day 1 of the WTC final…) 80.81 – Rishabh Pant (India) 68.90 – Jonny Bairstow (Eng) 66.04 – Ollie Pope (Eng) )
How was Travis Head’s performance?
If we talk about the performance of Travis Head in the current edition of WTC, then he has batted amazingly this season. He is the fifth batsman to score the most runs in this. He is the third Kangaroo player in the top 5 after Usman Khawaja and Marnus Labuschagne. Steve Smith is at number six. By the end of the first day of the Oval Test, Head had scored 1354 runs in 27 innings of 18 matches this season. This was his fourth century. At the same time, he also scored 6 half-centuries in this edition. His average was 58.86 and the best score was 175 runs.
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