Travis Head made a stunning comeback against his former team, Royal Challengers Bangalore, with a scintillating century in the ongoing IPL 2024 match at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. The Australian cricketer, who began his IPL journey with RCB in 2016 but later joined Sunrisers Hyderabad for IPL 2024, showcased his explosive batting prowess in a memorable innings.
Having not played in the IPL since 2017, Head announced his return with an impressive 18-ball fifty in his first game of the season, setting the stage for his remarkable century.
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Head’s onslaught started early as he dispatched Reece Topley for a six and a four in just the second over, setting the tone for his aggressive innings. He accelerated further in the final over of the powerplay, smashing two sixes and a four to reach his fifty in just 20 balls.
The left-handed batsman continued his assault beyond the powerplay, punishing the bowlers with a flurry of boundaries. He launched into Will Jacks for two sixes and a four in the seventh over and maintained his momentum with more boundaries in the following overs.
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In a display of pure dominance, Head reached his maiden IPL century off just 39 balls, comprising nine fours and eight sixes. His explosive innings finally came to an end at 102 runs off 40 balls, with Lockie Ferguson dismissing him in the 13th over.
𝗛𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗬 𝗠𝗔𝗗𝗘 🌟
Travis Head now holds the record for the fastest 1️⃣0⃣0⃣ for SRH 🧡#PlayWithFire #RCBvSRH pic.twitter.com/X04k1chk03
— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) April 15, 2024
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Playing XI): Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (c), Will Jacks, Rajat Patidar, Saurav Chauhan, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Mahipal Lomror, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Reece Topley, Lockie Ferguson, Yash Dayal
Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI): Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram, Nitish Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pat Cummins (c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat, T Natarajan
Twitter erupted with praise for Travis Head’s exceptional performance, acknowledging his remarkable comeback and destructive batting display.
Travis Head playing a game that’s hard to match – brutal, brave and incredibly skilful. 💯 #RCBvSRH
— Tom Moody (@TomMoodyCricket) April 15, 2024
Special 💯 by Travis Head. Turning the games on his head.
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) April 15, 2024
For Travis Head, the only question today is whether to hit a boundary on the off side or the leg side.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) April 15, 2024
Travis Head is ensuring that he isn’t available for ‘Big Auctions’ at end of the year.#IPL2024 #travishead
— Kushan Sarkar (@kushansarkar) April 15, 2024
This isn’t the future; this is the present.
Travis Head’s 100 has come off 39 balls! Imagine if he bats for another 20-odd balls, this man would be sitting at 150-160…#SRHvsRCB— Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73) April 15, 2024
39-ball century for Travis Head. He is just brutal. Merciless. It’s like a volcanic eruption 💥
— Subhayan Chakraborty (@CricSubhayan) April 15, 2024
What an innings by Travis Head….the fastest 💯 in IPL 39 deliveries making him the fastest in the tournament history!!! #SRHvRCB Damage has been done
— Lisa Sthalekar (@sthalekar93) April 15, 2024
What a 💯! Head doing for SRH what Warner used to do so many years ago. And suddenly SRH is looking as strong as they used to do with Warner at the top. #RCBvSRH
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) April 15, 2024
Travis Head at Chinnaswamy tonight pic.twitter.com/YKfQUYNcT5
— Dinda Academy (@academy_dinda) April 15, 2024
Travis head when he sees Blue jersey pic.twitter.com/JeFC8n5Cj0
— Sagar (@sagarcasm) April 15, 2024
