WTC: Travis Head did a big feat, chased Babar Azam, now who is the target?
Australian batsman Travis Head has scored another century. The special thing is that Head had not even been able to open his account in the last three innings on the same Brisbane Gaba ground, he had become the victim of a golden duck, but as soon as his favorite team India came in front, his form once again improved. Came back and scored a brilliant century. This is Travis Head’s ninth century in Test. But this century has put Team India on the backfoot in this match. Meanwhile, Travis Head has also overtaken former Pakistan captain Babar Azam in the history of the World Test Championship.
Travis Head and Steve Smith pushed Team India on the backfoot
Now the third match is going on in the Test series being played between India and Australia. Although this match started on 14th December itself, but due to rain on the first day not much of the match could be played, but when the match started on the second day, India tried to take the lead by taking three wickets early in the first session. But as soon as Travis Head came to the crease, everything changed. Steve Smith had come to support him. Together these two pushed India badly on the backfoot.
Australian team has never lost after Travis Head’s century
First Travis Head completed his half-century and then moved towards a century. Travis Head completed his century in only 115 balls. That is, in a way, he was seen batting in ODI style. Travis Head has scored nine centuries in Test cricket so far. Whenever Head has scored a century before, the Australian team has managed to register a win. That means, not a single century from Travis Head has resulted in the team’s defeat till now. Therefore, Team India’s problems may increase further.
Travis Head overtakes Babar Azam in World Test Championship
Meanwhile, if we talk about the World Test Championship, then Head has now succeeded in overtaking Babar Azam. Babar Azam has so far scored 2760 runs in the history of the World Test Championship by playing 32 matches. But now Travis Head has scored more than 2800 runs. That means now he has gone far ahead of Babar. If we talk about the history of WTC, now Ben Stokes has become their target. Who has so far scored 3312 runs in his name by playing 53 matches in the World Test Championship.
Head comes close to Rohit Sharma’s record
If we talk about the batsman who has scored the most centuries in the World Test Championship, then Joe Root is at the top. He has managed to score 18 centuries so far. Travis Head has now completed eight centuries. If we talk about other batsmen who have scored eight centuries, the names of Dhananjay de Silva and Babar Azam also come in it. Now he can match Rohit Sharma, who has scored 9 centuries so far in the World Test Championship.
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