IND vs AUS: Travis Head says, 'India not my favorite', explains his exceptional form against them

Star Australia batter Travis Head feels that India are not his "favorite" opposition despite playing some of his career-defining knocks against the same opposition. Head also disclosed the reason why he has such an excellent record against India.

Two of the most important knocks of Travis Head's international career have come against India and both of them have helped Australia clinch ICC titles. In the World Test Championship 2023, Head came in to bat in a critical situation when Australia were 76-3.

However, he stitched a marathon partnership with Steve Smith to take the game away from India. Head played a counter-attacking innings of 163 off 174 balls to take Australia to a massive first innings score which set the base for their WTC final win over India.

The left-hander did not stop here and scored a magnificent hundred in the ODI World Cup final in 2023. He scored 137 off 120 balls against India to take Australia to a second ICC title win in the same year. In both the mentioned matches, he was adjudged the player of the Match.

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Travis Head reveals the reason for his top record against India

During a conversation with Star Sports, Travis Head revealed that India are not his favorite team. He also reasoned about his excellent record against India by saying that Australia and India face each other a lot and the players are used to playing with each other.

“I don't feel like they're my favourite. I just feel like we play them enough, play them lots. And, I guess the last couple of years I've been in nice form. So yeah, being able to, to play well, it's always nice,” Head said.

"I guess it's not hard to get up for the contest. It's hugely competitive. Yeah, it's easier to get up for the game. So I wouldn't say they're my favourite," he added.

Extremely difficult to play against India - Travis Head

Head further acknowledged India's high competitiveness and claimed that it's never to face the Men in Blue. The opener is looking forward to the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 which will be played later this year.

"They're extremely difficult but it's been nice to play well in a couple of games and looking forward to preparing well and being ready to go and let's look, hope hopefully I can, I can contribute to what's a successful summer for us," he added.

India's schedule in Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25

India will play a five-match Test series against Australia starting from November 2024 in Perth. The second Test of the series will be a day-night encounter in Adelaide. The third Test will be played at Gabba, Brisbane while the fourth and the fifth Test will be held at Melbourne and Sydney respectively.

Travis Head is likely to play a crucial role in the series and Australia will hope for him to have a good series with the bat. His counter-attacking knocks have the ability to take the game away from the opposition.

Recently, Head was also appointed Australia's captain in a T20I against England in the absence of regular captain Mitchell Marsh. It was the first instance where he led Australia in an international match.