Travis Head's Grandkids Will Hear of His Epic Encounter with Jasprit Bumrah: 'A Legend in the Making'
Travis Head is proving to be the only one capable of finding a solution to Jasprit Bumrah...
Travis Head is proving to be the only one capable of finding a solution to Jasprit Bumrah's challenging deliveries. Bumrah has managed to dismiss Head just once in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar series, and that was after Head had already scored a remarkable 89 runs in the second innings in Perth. Unlike his fellow Australian teammates, Head has shown composure and skill against Bumrah, who is now being regarded as one of the all-time greats in cricket, even by Head himself.
"Jasprit is probably going to go down as one of the greatest fast bowlers to play the game," said Head.
Bumrah, captaining in the first Test in the absence of Rohit Sharma, made life hell for the Australian batsmen on a bouncing Perth pitch. He took 5-30 from 18 overs as the hosts were shot out for 104 and followed up with 3-42 in the second innings as India won by 295 runs. His unorthodox front-on action allows him to release the ball late and he can bowl yorkers at will.
Head, after being dismissed for 11 in his first innings of the series, has gone on to score 89, 140 and 152 in his next three outings. He played a pivotal role in the pink ball Test, which Australia won by 10 wickets to level the five-match series 1-1.
The current leading run-scorer of the series said he would love to tell his grandkids that he faced a bowler like Bumrah in his prime. "It's going to be nice to look back at your career and tell the grandkids that you faced him," he said.
Bumrah's greatness in AustraliaBumrah has defied career-threatening back problems and during the third Test at the Gabba in Brisbane, he overtook Kapil Dev to become India's leading Test wicket-taker in Australia.
The 31-year-old, India's player of the series so far, took nine wickets in the third Test at Brisbane to move to 53 in Australia and past Dev's previous mark of 51.
He was player of the match in India's 295-run victory in Perth in the opening Test before the hosts levelled the series in Adelaide.
He is the leading bowler on either side, with 21 wickets in the series so far, and he has a scarcely believable average of 10.90. The next best are Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins, who each have 14 dismissals.
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