Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2023: Inspired by England, Travis Head aims to attack India
The HinduInspired by England’s daredevilry in Pakistan, Australian batter Travis Head will shun his conservative approach on spinning pitches and enter the Test series against India with an aim to dominate the opposition’s bowling attack. “Watching the way England played in Pakistan, I’ve probably looked back and wasn’t as positive as I’d like to be against spin in those series,” Head was quoted as saying by Sydney Morning Herald ahead of the team’s departure for India. When I hunt the ball, my front foot defence is probably the best it’s been and I think I’ve got to go over there with a positive mindset, not a defensive one.” In his three previous series in Asia, against Pakistan in 2018 and 2022 and Sri Lanka last year, Head has struggled against the slow bowlers. “I think I may have been a bit on the defensive side in Pakistan and Sri Lanka, which you’ve always got a ball on your name over there,” Head said.