Australian cricketer Travis Head has offered insights into his plans and concerns for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024. Regardless of having just one IPL stint with the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) throughout the 2016-17 season, that includes in a complete of 10 matches, Head is now expressing a willingness to take part within the upcoming IPL public sale set for December. Within the 2023 public sale, the place he carried a base worth of ₹2 crore, he went unsold.
Travis Head’s IPL 2024 plans revealed
Presently representing Australia within the ongoing ODI World Cup 2023, Head emphasizes the significance of the IPL stint as a helpful alternative to achieve expertise and study in several codecs.
“I used to be restricted slightly bit on time final yr with getting married. I’ll put myself on this yr and hopefully get picked up and get a possibility. It was good to be concerned in it a very long time in the past,” Head was quoted as saying by The Instances of India.
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Strategic concerns for T20 World Cup 2024
Regardless of his major give attention to Check cricket, the place he has been a notable contributor to Australia’s success within the World Check Championship (WTC) 2023, the explosive left-handed batter goals to “discover alternatives” and broaden his cricketing publicity throughout numerous codecs. Head sees it as a major precursor to the 2024 T20 World Cup scheduled within the West Indies and the USA.
“I really feel like the sport has developed now and, subsequent yr, now we have an enormous block out, the place I can play a good bit of white-ball cricket if I get picked up or discover myself in some groups around the globe, so it is a path that I wanna attempt to discover,” the 29-year-old added.
“Having put all of the eggs within the red-ball basket for a time frame now and I really feel like I’m actually in good area mentally in my sport and if I can switch via codecs effectively then I’m desperate to discover what these alternatives are and get extra expertise and study,” the Adelaide-born cricketer concluded.
Head’s journey to this point within the ODI World Cup 2023
Head’s return to the taking part in XI within the ODI World Cup after recovering from a hand fracture showcased his resilience, together with a century in his comeback towards New Zealand in Dharamshala. Nonetheless, he has confronted combined fortunes with 21 runs in his subsequent three innings.
