Travis Head’s liking of India’s bowling attack has reached an extreme level as the southpaw has scored yet another century against them in international cricket. The batter from South Australia has scored his second consecutive hundred against India in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy after dominating the tourists on day two of the Gabba Test.
Head reached the three-figure mark on the third delivery of the 69th over as he whipped a low full-toss from Jasprit Bumrah through wide mid-on and scampered for a three. He celebrated the moment in his quintessential fashion by perching his helmet on the handle of his bat.
Notably, the century has helped Head become the first batter to bag a King Pair and a century at a venue in the same calendar year. Head had registered a King Pair against West Indies in a pink-ball Test at the Gabba in January this year.
Head was dismissed by Kemar Roach for a golden duck in the first innings of that Test match and Shamar Joseph had cleaned him up on the very first ball in the second innings before West Indies won the game by eight runs.
Player to score a century and bag a Pair at a venue in the same calendar year
| Player | Venue | Year |
| Wazir Mohammad | Port of Spain | 1958 |
| Alwyn Kallicharan | Port of Spain | 1974 |
| Marvan Atapattu | Colombo (SSC) | 2001 |
| Ramnaresh Sarwan | Kingston | 2004 |
| Mohammad Ashraful | Chattogram MA Aziz | 2004 |
| Travis Head | The Gabba | 2024 |
Australia’s Playing XI:
Usman Khawaja, Nathan McSweeney, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood
Bench: Beau Webster, Josh Inglis, Brendan Doggett, Sean Abbott
Support Staff: Andrew McDonald, Andre Borovec, Daniel Vettori, Michael Di Venuto, Clint McKay
India Playing XI:
Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wk), Rohit Sharma (c), Ravindra Jadeja, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep
Bench: Dhruv Jurel, Washington Sundar, Devdutt Padikkal, Sarfaraz Khan, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Prasidh Krishna, Ravichandran Ashwin, Harshit Rana
Support Staff: Gautam Gambhir, Abhishek Nayar, Ryan ten Doeschate, T Dilip, Morne Morkel
