IND vs AUS: Travis Head achieves a big milestone after scoring a century at Gabba, becomes the 1st Cricketer in the world to do so
The third Test-Match of the ongoing 2024 Border-Gavaskar Trophy is currently being played at the iconic Gabba Cricket Ground of Brisbane, in which Indian Cricket Team's nightmare Travis Head has once again become a headache for Rohit Sharma & CO. The Southpaw once again faced the Indian bowlers in a brave manner and scored a phenomenal hundred in 115 deliveries.
Head celebrated his century in style
This century has also helped the 30-year-old to create a unique record in his name. Head has become the first player in the history of the game to score a century and bag a King-Pair (golden duck in both innings of a Test-Match) in the same Cricket Ground in the same calendar year.
The destructive batter celebrated his century in his trademark celebration style, resting his helmet on the handle of the bat. He brought up his ton on the third delivery of the 69th over of the first Australian inning by hitting Bumrah's low full-toss delivery towards the wide mid-on region for three runs.
The 30-year-old then even want on to cross the 150 runs mark but was eventually dismissed after playing a wonderful knock of 152 runs in 160 deliveries at a strike-rate of 92 in the 1st inning of the Gabba Test-Match versus the Indians. He got out off the bowling of Indian Vice-Captain Jasprit Bumrah.
A unique record in the name of Travis Head
This ton in the Gabba Test-Match versus the Men in Blue gave Travis Head a special place in the history of the sport as he became the first batter to bag double golden ducks in both the innings of a test (King-Pair) and score a hundred at the iconic Gabba Cricket Stadium in the same calendar year. This feat has never been accomplished before, due to which Head's name was recorded in Cricket's record books.
In the Pink-Ball Test-Match versus the Windies at the Gabba Cricket Stadium in early 2024, the 30-year-old had been dismissed on the very first ball in both innings. In the 1st inning, experienced seamer Kemar Roach dismissed him for a golden duck while in the 2nd inning, youngster Shamar Joseph clean bowled him on the first ball. The Windies went on to win that contest by a small margin of eight runs.
List of batters who have scored a century and bagged King-Pairs at the same stadium
1. Wazir Mohammad of Pakistan, in Port of Spain in the year 1958
2. Alvin Kallicharran of West Indies, in Port of Spain in the year 1974
3.Marvan Atapattu of Sri Lanka, in Colombo in the year 2001
4.Ramnaresh Sarwan of West Indies, in Kingston in the year 2004
5. Mohammad Ashraful of Bangladesh, in Chittagong in the year 2004
6.Travis Head of Australia, in Brisbane in the year 2024.
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