Travis Head can turn into an important player in the world cup if he manages to make his place in the Australian squad. Although he’s a big name in Domestic cricket.
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Travis Head is an International cricketer who belongs to Australia. Travis was born on 29 December 1993. He is the left hand batsman and a right arm bowler. He comes in the middle of the order to bat for his team. For all his domestic matches he is assigned to South Australia and the Adelaide Strikers. Head began his career at the age of 18. He got his first-class debut while representing Australia in the 2012 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. He was assigned as a co-vice-captain of the Australian national team in Tests from January 2019 until November 2020. He was a prominent player of South Australia’s Sheffield Shield team and was named captain in 2015.
Travis represented Australia (South) at both the under-17 and under-19 categories. This made his National Under-19 Championships debut at the age of 17. In three appearances for Australia (South) he made a promising start to his career. He scored his maiden half-century in his second match and fell 90 runs short of his maiden century in his third match against Tasmania. He was awarded a rookie contract with Australia (South) at the end of the season. At the 2012 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, he shined with both bat and ball. After he led Australia (South) to victory in the 2012-13 National Under-19 Championships, he was chosen Player of the Championship for the second year in a row.
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Travis became the youngest captain of the Australia (South) team in its 122-year first-class history, at the age of 21. Travis’s performance was recognised by national selectors, and they included him to Australia’s team for a series of Twenty20 Internationals against India. Head was then later named to Australia’s One Day International (ODI) team for a tri-series in the West Indies for the first time. He later joined the Indian Premier League franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore. He then went to England to play County cricket for Yorkshire. In the fourth match with Yorkshire Travis broke the record of highest batting partnership (List A) with Jack Leaning for 274 runs. In Domestic cricket Travis was a big name, considering his consistent performance.
Playing in the middle order was becoming unfruitful for Travis, as he was unable to convert his scores to a century. His highest score was 57 runs while playing in the middle order for Australia’s team. Travis was promoted from the middle order to the top order for Australia’s series against Pakistan in January 2017. As a result, Head struck his first ODI century against Pakistan at Adelaide Oval on Australia Day. Travis had played a total of 104 International matches including all the three formats. Travis has an average of 40.51 in 51 matches, which is considerable. In Test matches, he has an average of 45.4 with a total of 57 innings. Currently Travis isn’t part of any IPL team as he was unsold in the auctions that took place for IPL 2023.
His net worth is around INR 24 crores (approx.)
He earns around INR 1.5 crores annually (approx.)
Back in 2017 Travis was bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 50 lakhs. In 2023 he remained unsold with the base price of 2 crores in IPL.
Travis endorses an Australian brand Gray Nicolls.
