In Adelaide, Travis Head has stolen the show with his explosive batting. Team India’s bowling attack looks completely helpless in front of the head. The Kangaroo batsman completed his century in just 111 balls. This is Head’s third century with the pink ball. Head has also become the batsman to score the fastest century in a day-night test match. He has broken his own record made in the year 2022.
Head scored a brilliant century
Travis Head created a lot of noise with the pink ball on the Adelaide grounds. The Kangaroo batsman looked in excellent form from the very beginning and he took the Indian bowlers seriously. Head specifically targeted Ashwin and hit him with powerful shots one after the other. Head completed his century in 111 balls by hitting two consecutive fours in Harshit Rana’s over. When Head came to the crease, the Australian team was in trouble. McSweeney and Smith were shown the way to the pavilion by Bumrah and the team needed a partnership. In such a situation, Head took charge and made a half-century partnership with Marnus Labuschagne. After Labuschagne returned to the pavilion, Head held one end and batted brilliantly.
Fastest century in day-night test
Travis Head has broken his own record of fastest century in a day-night test match. Head scored a century in 112 balls against England in 2022. This time the Kangaroo batsman completed his century in 111 balls. Head hit three sixes and 10 fours during this innings. Every bowler of Team India looked completely helpless in front of the head. Till the time of writing the news, Head has been a headache for Team India and is helping Australia score big scores.
Head reached second place
Travis Head is now at second place in terms of scoring the most centuries with the pink ball in Test cricket. This is his third century against India with this ball. Now only Marnus Labuschagne is at the top in this list, who has scored 4 centuries in the day-night test.