The first match of the ODI series between Australia and India was played at the Optus Stadium in Perth. Batting first, India gave Australia a target of 121 runs. Chasing the target, Australia did not get off to a good start.
Opener Travis Head, from whom everyone had high expectations, failed. His innings lasted just 5 balls and was dismissed by Arshdeep Singh.
Arshdeep Singh sends Travis Head to the pavilion
Travis heads out in the second over of Australia’s innings. Arshdeep Singh was bowling the over from India. Head had hit 2 fours before his dismissal and looked like he would have a big innings in this match. But he couldn’t. On the second ball of the over, Arshdeep Singh delivered a length. Travis Head swung the ball hard and it went to Harshit Rana at deep third man. Rana takes a simple catch.
Travis Head’s performance in ODIs
As for Travis Head, his ODI stats have been impressive. He has played 77 matches in this format, scoring 2950 runs in 74 innings at an average of 43.38. He has scored 7 centuries and 17 fifties in ODIs. Travis Head’s strike rate in ODIs is 106.15 and his highest score is 154.
Disappointing performance by Indian batsmen
Talking about this match being played between India and Australia, the performance of the batsmen of Team India has been very disappointing. Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, who are playing international cricket after a long time, could not play a big innings in this match. Rohit scored 8 runs in 14 balls. Kohli could not even open his account in this match. KL Rahul scored the highest 38 runs and Akshar Patel scored the highest 31 runs from Team India. Nitish Reddy played an innings of 19 runs off 11 balls.
