IPL 2025: SRH's Travis Head hammers LSG despite missing fifty
What's the story
Sunrisers Hyderabad's Travis Head continues his rich vein of form in the Indian Premier League. Head played another resounding knock, this time against Lucknow Super Giants at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad. The 31-year-old smashed a 28-ball 47 despite losing Abhishek Sharma and Ishan Kishan early on. Head, who was dropped by Nicholas Pooran, finally fell to Prince Yadav in the eighth over.
Knock
Head launches his counter-attack
As has been the case, Head came out all guns blazing after the Super Giants elected to field. The Aussie batter lost his opening partner Abhishek and Ishan on successive balls in the third over. Head continued his counter-attack and took SRH past 70 along with Nitish Kumar Reddy. He was knocked over by Prince for a 28-ball 47 (5 fours and 3 sixes).
Information
Pooran drops Head in sixth over
As mentioned, Head was dropped by Pooran in the sixth over bowled by Ravi Bishnoi. Skipper Rishabh Pant had specifically placed a fielder for Head at long-on, which came into play with the batter's miss-hit. Pooran dropped a sitter.
Stats
Head gets past 850 IPL runs
With this, Head has raced to 886 runs from 27 IPL matches at a decent average of 38.52. His strike-rate of 176.14 is commendable. Head's tally includes six half-century and a ton. He has racked up 681 runs in 17 matches with an average of 42.56 for the Orange Army. He has a strike-rate of 191.83 for them.