Travis looks for Head start
2007-08 India 2007-08 Australia 2011-12 Australia 2013-14 India 2015-16 Australia Having propelled Australia to a serieslevelling victory in the second Twenty20, middle order Travis Head is upbeat ahead of the decider on Friday.
“This series is still alive. Hopefully, either Moises or I can do it again and win it for Australia,” the southpaw said.
Head got rid of a string of low scores by hitting 48 off 34 balls at Guwahati and stitched an unbeaten 109-run partnership in the company of India beat Australia 1-0 Australia beat India 1-0 India drew with Australia 1-1 India beat Australia 1-0 India beat Australia 3-0 Moises Henriques, said he cherished the stand with his fellow middle order batsman. “It was nice to be in a winning partnership. As batters you want to be out there in the middle and win games for your side,” he said.
Speaking of his performance on the tour, Head said he was disappointed to miss out on various chances to win matches for his side in the ODI series. “The tour had been pretty disappointing. I made some good starts but failed to execute my plans throughout,” the 23year-old said. On Star Sports 1 & HD1
on either side. Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya and Jasprit Bumrah emerged victorious with the Mumbai Indians in the IPL final held in May while Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Daniel Christian and Adam Zampa (Rising Pune Supergiant) rue their agonising, one-run loss. A second final is in store on Friday.
The first two T20s have been lopsided alright but fans would hope for a ferocious fight that befits the series decider.
Christmas is quite some days away but it’s JB time in the bowling department. Jason Behrendorff and Jasprit Bumrah are the leaders in this threematch series, the first having quicky acquired reputation of an incisive pacer after rocking the Blues batting order in the previous game at Guwahati with fabulous figures of 4 for 21.
Moises, Travis Head and Aaron Finch head the batting charts for Australia. India’s Kedar Jadhav, Hardik Pandya and Virat Kohli are lower down but are capable of turning tables in no time and treating the fans to some preDiwali fireworks.
India would indeed be itching to bounce back and finish the highprofile home engagement for a festive feel before getting ready to face the other team from Down Under — New Zealand. On the other hand, Warner and Co. will hope all is well that ends well... unless they have apprehensions of Friday the 13th!