Jasprit Bumrah on bowling to Travis Head: Travis Head has become a puzzle for Jasprit Bumrah and the Indian bowlers that they need to solve. The left-handed Australian has been a chief nemesis of the Asian giants since last year, especially in the Test arena.
As Jasprit Bumrah on bowling to Travis Head, In 7 Tests against India since 2023, Head averages a whopping 73 with three centuries and two fifties. He clobbered a ton in the ICC WTC 2023 final at The Oval and recently hammered two consecutive centuries in Adelaide and Brisbane. Add to it his match-winning hundred in the World Cup 2023 final, Head has haunted the Indian fans like few batsmen have.
All three of these Test centuries have come in counterattacking style—he has a strike rate of 95 in these three tons—after Australia lost a few early wickets. The southpaw has been successful at shifting the momentum of the game in quick style. On all three occasions, India captain Rohit Sharma and the bowlers have looked hapless at times and out of ideas.
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You have to find solutions: Jasprit Bumrah on bowling to Travis Head
Jasprit Bumrah pointed out that Head comes in to bat after 20-30 overs, and by that time the ball has gotten softer and easier to bat. The senior Indian bowler, though, praised Head for his sensational batting displays.
“The Kookaburra ball, once the seam goes down and it becomes soft, it becomes relatively easier to bat when the wicket is not offering a lot. So then you have to find solutions. How do you make run-scoring difficult? What fields do you want to have? What is an individual’s strength? So it may differ from people to people,” Bumrah said after day 3 of the Brisbane Test.
“We’ve got someone like Rishabh Pant who does that as well. But all of those scenarios are very difficult for bowlers sometimes. Because you bowl a certain number of overs, the ball is not doing a lot. You can’t take an attacking option. So it’s a puzzle that sometimes you can solve. Sometimes, if somebody plays well, you have to take notice of it and you say, ‘well played’.”
Meanwhile, Bumrah took six wickets in Australia’s first innings at the Gabba but didn’t get much support from the other bowlers as the hosts piled up 445 runs. In reply, India lost four wickets for 51 runs by the end of day 3. The match could be heading towards a draw with heavy rain forecasted for day 4, but India have serious batting concerns.
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