Former Australia World Cup-winning captain Ricky Ponting predicted that Dishevelled Greens star opener Travis Head would be the highest run-scorer of the upcoming T20 World Cup. Forward of the marquee occasion beginning on June 1 within the USA and the West Indies, Travis Head has been having fun with a purple patch with the bat. Ponting has backed Head to emerge as the highest run-getter within the extremely anticipated match. He believes that the southpaw’s efficiency over the previous couple of years in all codecs of cricket has been of the very best high quality.
“My prediction for the main run-scorer shall be Travis Head. I simply assume the whole lot he is carried out, whether or not or not it’s red-ball or white-ball within the final couple of years, has been of the very best high quality. I feel he is enjoying fearless cricket in the meanwhile,” Ponting stated within the ICC Overview Podcast.
In final yr’s ODI World Cup, Australia confirmed religion in him by together with Head within the squad regardless of carrying an damage. Head was added to the enjoying XI when he regained health and repaid the administration’s religion by scoring a ton in his comeback match. He additionally received the Participant of the Match award within the semi-final and the ultimate of the match.
Within the just lately concluded Indian Premier League (IPL), Head featured for Sunrisers Hyderabad and emerged as the very best run-scorer for the franchise.
General, he was the fourth-highest run-scorer within the match with a whopping tally of 567 runs in 15 matches scoring at a mean of 40.50 and a mouth-watering tally of 191.55. En path to the ultimate, SRH have been buttressed by Head’s explosive begin within the opening slot.
He struggled to place up runs on the backend of the match however total confirmed his harmful potential within the opening entrance of the shortest format of the sport. Within the last three video games, he registered two geese and a 34-run knock.
Regardless of his sub-par efficiency in direction of the tip of the cash-rich league, Ponting expects fireworks from Head’s bat within the World Cup.
“His IPL had its ups and downs, however when it has been good, it has been superb. And it has received video games of cricket for his staff,” Ponting famous.
“And it will be precisely the identical for Australia. So, look, he won’t be probably the most constant on the way in which by means of this match, however he’ll be proper up there, I am positive, with the main run scorers. And as I’ve stated, if he spends any period of time on the wicket for Australia, he’ll win extra video games than ever,” Ponting added.
Australia are positioned in Group B alongside England, Namibia, Oman and Scotland. They are going to start their marketing campaign in opposition to Oman on June 6 on the Kensington Oval, Barbados.
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