IPL 2024 Auction: 3 Teams Who Can Target Travis Head In The Auction

Travis Head will be a player to watch out for during the IPL 2024 auction after his marvelous batting show in the ICC World Cup 2023 final in India last month. Travis Head played a key role in driving Australia to victory in the World Cup final with his century.

IPL 2024 auction is set to take place in Dubai on Tuesday, December 19. Travis Head has kept a base price of Rs. 2 crore for himself in the auction. The 29-year-old player featured in IPL 2016 and 2017 seasons, where he was part of Royal Challengers Bangalore. During both seasons, he played 10 matches and scored 205 runs at 138+ strike rate with 1 fifty.

The left-handed batsman is an outstanding opening batter with his hard-hitting batting skills. Hence, IPL teams will be eager to grab Travis Head into their squad. Here are 3 teams that can target Travis Head in the IPL 2024 auction.

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IPL 2024 Auction: 3 Teams Who Can Target Travis Head In The Auction

3. Sunrisers Hyderabad

Sunrisers Hyderabad is the first IPL team that can target Travis Head in the IPL 2024 auction. Last season, SRH faced critical issues in the opening slot as most of their batters were out of form. Mayank Agarwal and Abhishek Sharma consistently failed in the top order and the team had to shuffle the openers multiple times.

Hence, Travis Head is someone who can solve SRH’s top-order issues in IPL 2024. With Rs. 34 crores available in their salary cap, the Aiden Markram-led side has enough funds to grab the Aussie star into their squad.

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2. Punjab Kings

Punjab Kings is another team who struggled to form a powerful set of openers last season. While Shikhar Dhawan gave a wonderful form as an opener, the team could not find a reliable batting partner for him.

Prabhsimran Singh gave brilliant batting shows in some games but failed to perform consistently. Hence, Punjab Kings might go after Travis Head in the IPL 2024 auction. Dhawan and Head will form a great set of openers for Punjab as both of them have extensive experience in the opening slot in international cricket.

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1. Delhi Capitals

For Delhi Capitals, Prithvi Shaw and David Warner are the set of openers. However, while David Warner has performed brilliantly in the last few seasons, Shaw has struggled with his form.

Even last season, Prithvi Shaw failed to perform and was dropped from the playing 11 after a few games. Hence, DC can keep a backup opener in the squad for IPL 2024. Hence, the IPL 2014 runners-up can target target Travis Head in the IPL 2024 auction.