Travis Head has been India’s biggest enemy in this tour of Australia as the Indian team failed to limit him in the first three games. He has been the highest run-scorer in this series and has already completed two centuries.

However, Head still has a weakness that the Indian team has not exploited as severely as they could have. The pacers may try to bowl it outside the off stump or just outside the off stump line from the wicket angle because Head doesn’t move his feet much and mainly tries to play with his hands.

However, during the net session, Head was seen covering the stump while defending the ball, indicating that he was working on his weakness. On his official Twitter account (X), Ravichandran Ashwin wrote that this is an area that the Indian team can exploit from the wicket angle.

“My God! Is he reaching the stump? Is that the strategy to go around the stumps?” wrote Ashwin in the comment of the journalist who posted the video of Travis Head covering the stump while practicing in the nets.

Travis Head deemed fit to play in Boxing Day Test

Travis Head was injured on the final day of The Gabba Test when he was seen limping on the field and suffered a groin injury. There were doubts about his participation in the fourth Test, which worried the Australian team.

However, he is fit in time to appear in the Boxing Day test and was seen practicing for the game in the nets. It has increased Australia’s chances and posed problems for the Indian team, who have tried many things to stop Head but have not found reasonable success.

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Pundits have also received plenty of criticism for not sticking to a particular plan against Head, and the team has collapsed after a few boundaries. That is something India will look to work on during the upcoming Test.

The Indian bowlers bothered him at times at The Gabba and they should follow suit. They should first try to aim for the line outside off stump and then short balls aimed at his body to stop him.

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