NEW DELHI: Travis Head has decimated bowling attacks in the Indian Premier League (IPL) this year but the Australian tempered expectations ahead of the T20 World Cup in West Indies and the US, where turning tracks could make batting tougher.
Sunrisers Hyderabad batsman Head has scored 533 runs in 11 IPL matches so far, with only Virat Kohli (542) and Ruturaj Gaikwad (541) above him, and the 30-year-old’s aggressive approach has marked him out as one to watch at the June 1-29 World Cup.
However, Head said his blistering form on flat Indian wickets would not automatically translate to similar pyrotechnics elsewhere.
“Whenever you’re playing, you want to be as consistent as you can, you want to be getting runs. It’s nice to be playing well (but) that’s not going to guarantee anything in the West Indies,” Head told reporters. “I think we’ll face a fair bit of spin in the Caribbean and the wickets might become tougher as the tournament goes on.”
Published in Dawn, May 10th, 2024
