New Delhi. 2024 is proving to be the best year of Travis Head’s career. This Australian batsman has done record-breaking batting in 2024. Suryakumar Yadav’s unique record can also be a victim of his stormy batting. A record in which a batsman has scored 1000 runs at an average of more than 40 in the T20 format in a calendar year. While during this period, the batsman’s strike rate was more than 175.
According to Cricinfo, so far there have been only two batsmen in the T20 format who have scored more than 1000 runs at an average of over 40 in a calendar year. Suryakumar Yadav achieved this feat for the first time in 2022. Surya then scored 1503 runs in 41 innings at an average of 45.54. This included 2 centuries and 12 half-centuries. Surya’s strike rate during this period was 175.99.
Australia’s Travis Head has scored 1442 runs in 39 innings in 2024. His average during this period was 41.20. Travis Head has scored 1 century and 13 half-centuries so far this year. Travis Head’s strike rate during this period was 1182.07. Travis Head is now only 61 runs behind Surya’s record. As soon as he scores the 62nd run, he will become the batsman who has scored the most runs at an average of more than 40 in a calendar year.
Travis Head will get a chance to make this record in November this year. A 3-match T20 series is to be played between Australia and Pakistan in November. If Head leaves Surya behind during this time, then no one should be surprised.
Travis Head has played 49 Tests, 65 ODIs and 38 T20 matches for Australia so far. It is clear that he has not got as many opportunities in T20 as he has got in ODIs and Tests. But the performance of the year 2024 has changed a lot of things now. Now Travis Head is not only a regular member of Australia’s T20 team, but is also a match winner.
Surya is the captain of the T20 team
Talking about Suryakumar Yadav, he is the captain of India’s T20 team. Surya has played 71 matches for India in this format. However, he has got a chance only once in the Test format. Surya has played 37 matches for the country in the ODI format.
Tags: T20 cricket
FIRST PUBLISHED : September 16, 2024, 22:28 IST