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“One Of The Most mind-blowing All-Configuration Players”: Ricky Ponting Raves About Travis Head

Australia’s 2003 World Cup-winning skipper Ricky Ponting was dazzled with Travis Head’s shocking showcase and called him one of the most outstanding all-design players on the planet. Australia’s left-given opener took the battle to Indian bowlers, kept the run stream over the requesting rate and created a thrilling thump from 137. Ponting hailed Travis for his presentation and told Sky Sports, “Travis is arising as one of the three or four best all-design players on the planet. His Test record is extraordinary. He is strange on occasion [in one-day cricket] and you can’t help thinking about how he will move beyond the new ball, yet he does and scores enormous runs.”

Australia captain Pat Cummins sang commendations of the dangerous opener hailing his capacity to out the strain back on the rivals and said as cited from ICC, “That was a major gamble, I figure we might have been made to look truly senseless on the off chance that that didn’t pay off, however you must face those challenges to win a competition. What’s more, Trav, the player we’ve found in Test cricket, he simply encapsulates all that I ask for from a cricket crew. He takes the game on, he plays happily, he simply puts the tension right back onto the resistance and he’s extraordinary amusing to be near. Along these lines, I was unable to be more joyful for Trav.”

Coming to the match, India was packaged out on a score of 240 out of 50 overs. On an extreme batting surface, captain Rohit Sharma (47 out of 31 balls, with four limits and three sixes), Virat Kohli (54 of every 63 balls, with four limits) and KL Rahul (66 out of 107 balls, with one four) posted significant thumps.

Mitchell Starc (3/55) was the pick of the bowlers for Australia. Captain Pat Cummins (2/34) and Josh Hazlewood (2/60) additionally bowled well. Adam Zampa and Glenn Maxwell got a wicket each.

While pursuing 241, India had the Aussies down at 47/3. Thumps from Travis Head (137 out of 120 balls, with 15 fours and four sixes) and Marnus Labuschagne (58 out of 110 balls, with four limits) left the Indian group without answers and directed them to a six-wicket win.

The World Cup finalists will currently contend in a five-match T20I series which will start on Thursday in Visakhapatnam.

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