The third match of Border Gavaskar Trophy is being played between India and Australia from 14th December. The series is tied at 1-1. In such a situation, both the teams are face to face in the field to win the third match. Australia’s batsmen won on the second day of the third test match. Travis Head played a brilliant inning of 152 runs for Australia. After the end of the third day’s play, Head made a big statement about his innings.
What did Travis Head say?
In this match, Head played a brilliant inning of 152 runs in 160 balls with the help of 18 fours. In this innings he scored runs at a strike rate of 95. Speaking after the third day’s play, Head credited Australia’s top-order batsmen for his century. He said that the credit goes to the top 3 batsmen for standing strong against the new ball. This made my work easier and I could play my shots. I was feeling very positive against the new ball. I always enjoy batting with Steve Smith, I always get overlooked when he bats well. I plan to play against India. I have played a lot against Team India.
Head made it clear in his conversation that he gave credit for his brilliant innings of 152 runs to his top 3 batsmen, who spent time at the crease and helped in bouncing the ball. This head helps in fast batting.
All bowlers failed except Bumrah
In this match, all the batsmen except Jasprit Bumrah proved to be a flop. Bumrah took 5 wickets in this match. With this, he also became the Indian bowler taking the most five wickets outside Asia. Bumrah has done this feat 10 times so far. Whereas bowlers like Mohammad Siraj, Akashdeep and Ravindra Jadeja flopped. Siraj and Jadeja got only 1 success each. By the end of the second day’s play, Australia had scored 405/7 runs in 101 overs.