Travis Head opened up about Australia’s opening combination for the T20 World Cup and hinted at the expected pairing alongside David Warner. Australia will take on Oman in the Group B match for their tournament opener at Kensington Oval in Barbados on June 6, Thursday. The 2021 T20 World Cup champions will be raring to take the field as they look to begin the tournament on a winning note.
Head, while addressing the press conference, said that him and Warner complimented each other really well. Head also recalled his record-shattering partnership with another left-hander, Abhishek Sharma, in IPL 2024.
“Yeah. I think so. See the difference is both left-handers – but I think we complement each other well, a little bit like Abhi and myself did. So, yeah, I think looking back in the times Dave and I batted, he’s exceptional against spin in the power play. More so, Abhi’s strengths were against spin and then that was, so that wasn’t hard to go by, like how we come off each other. And I think Dave and I we had some really strong partnerships together, faced a lot of different plans, teams will come differently, Oman will come different to England and England will come back, come different to Namibia,” Head said.
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Head enjoyed his time in IPL 2024 while opening for SRH along with Abhishek. He ended the tournament as runner-up SRH’s highest run-scorer with 567 and played a crucial role in the team reaching the final.
Warner and Head have shared some record-breaking partnerships in the white-ball format for Australia. During the ODI World Cup 2023, the duo shared a 175-run opening stand to help Australia post the highest-ever total of 388 runs in World Cup history against New Zealand.
Head and Warner to open?
The Australian star showed confidence in pairing alongside Warner to take on the opposition.
“So like, from Davey and I’s perspective, going through who they potentially may have and then who we set up better at and who we feel like we’ve got a plan on and then we adjust from there – is how it’s normally worked.
“I haven’t had many conversations with him about that sort of stuff yet, but it becomes pretty natural for our partnership and our relationship. So yeah, we’ll pick our targets that we both feel like we’re a chance against and then we’ll go from there,” Head added.
Warner will be playing his last T20 World Cup, marking his 7th appearance in the tournament, making his last appearance for Australia in international cricket.
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