Australia batter Travis Head is excited to meet Jasprit Bumrah during the second test of the Border Gavaskar Trophy and warned that he knew what was coming.
Head who smashed 89 runs in 101 deliveries during Australia’s fight back in the second innings of the first test at Perth has stated that he is ready to face Bumrah with a Pink ball.
While speaking ahead of the Adelaide test, Travis Head said, “I am best when I just look for the cues when I’m, like, just preparing to watch the ball hard and staying fresh mentally.”
“And I think I’m lucky that I faced him a few times. He comes across me a fair bit now, so it’s going back to recent times and times you have played him and we’ve done it enough.”
“Now we’ve been very fortunate to play him a lot. So, I know what’s coming. It’s just making sure that I’m prepared and fresh to play well.”
Travis Head batted will in the second innings of the Perth Test match but was not able to save the match for Australia after being brought himself back in the attack in the 39th over and edged the batter back to Rishabh Pant.
While asked about the loss in the first test he said, “It’s probably the closer losses that hit you by a bit of surprise that it takes a few days, but with the way that our Test played out, like we’re pretty much outplayed. So, pretty easy to realise what we did wrong,” Travis Head said.
“Now we get three or four days to work on them and make sure. And it’s not really massive changes, but hopefully with a bit of energy and knowing what’s on the line, we can crack on and play well,” Head concluded.
Australia suffered a 295-run test during the first test of the Border Gavaskar Trophy and trailed the series 0-1 in the series.
As a result they dropped to second position in the WTC table and further went below to third position after South Africa secured a big win against Sri Lanka. The second match of the series will begin on December 06 at Adelaide Oval.
