Travis Head had a disappointing outing in Qualifier 1 of the Indian Premier League towards Kolkata Knight Riders.
The swashbuckling opener was cleaned up by Mitchell Starc for a golden duck and because the night progressed on the Narendra Modi Stadium on Tuesday, Head seemed sloppy on the sector, additionally conceding 22 runs within the closing over because the Knight Riders romped house.
However Sunrisers’ assistant coach Simon Helmot feels that Head will probably be again ‘larger and higher’ for the second qualifier on the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Friday.
“There have been two heavyweight fighters. Travis Head likes to attain shortly and be aggressive, and Starc is a very aggressive bowler and at instances, there is just one winner and we noticed the winner tonight,” Helmot stated with a smile.
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“However loads of instances as now we have seen over the season, Travis has been on high of the bowlers, so we wish him to proceed to play in his optimistic and aggressive approach. Him and Abhi (Abhishek Sharma) have been an incredible partnership as much as the highest for us. Onwards and upwards, we don’t concern ourselves concerning the dismissals, clearly, Travis desires to attain runs and I do know that he will probably be again larger and higher on the 24 th,” he added.
Head has been in phenomenal kind this season, amassing 533 runs in 13 video games at a strike price of 199.63. Nevertheless, he struggled within the final couple of video games.
As his group gears up for a do-or-die conflict on the Chepauk – towards the winner of the Eliminator between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Rajasthan Royals – the expectations will probably be excessive from Head.
Can he deal with the strain and supply a head begin to SRH? Time will inform.