Cricket Australia has taken a surprising decision. Opener Travis Head has been dropped from the team for the last two T20s against India. Head will no longer be a part of the Australian team in the fourth and fifth T20 against India. In a way, this is being considered as good news for the Indian team. However, Head could not perform as expected in the T20 series till now.
Know why Travis Head was dropped from the team?
Travis Head has been exempted from the last two T20 matches against India in preparation for the Ashes series. He will play in the Sheffield Shield tournament in Australia. Head will now play for South Australia against Tasmania from 10 November. Let us tell you that the 2025 Ashes series between Australia and England will be played from November 21.
According to Australia.com.au, the selectors left it up to the players to decide whether to play the Sheffield Shield or the last two T20s against India and Head has chosen the domestic tournament. From this it is clear that Travis Head has not been dropped from the team for poor performance, rather he himself has decided to drop out of the T20 team to prepare for Test cricket.
Head’s performance was like this in the T20 series against India
Let us tell you that in the first match of the five-match T20 series being played between India and Australia, Travis Head could not bat. This match was canceled after 9.4 overs of the first innings. After this, in the second T20, Travis Head scored 28 runs in 15 balls. During this, 3 fours and one six came from his bat. After this, in the third T20, Head was out after scoring only six runs. Now he will not be a part of the Australian team in the fourth T20 match to be played on 6 November and the fifth and final T20 match to be played on 8 November.

