Travis Head Becomes First Cricketer To Achieve Unique Feat With Ton In WTC Final

Travid Head played a great brand of cricket on the opening day of the World Test Championship final between Australia and India. The Australia no. 5 played with great ease and scored at a consistent rate to reach his sixth Test ton in just 106 balls. In doing so, Head became the first cricketer to score a ton in a World test Championship final.

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Earlier, Travis Head's counter-attacking 60 off 75 balls and Steve Smith's patient 33 in bright sunshine took Australia to 170 for three at tea on day one of the World Test Championship final against India on Wednesday. Head played in his signature style and took the attack to the Indian pacers after Australia found themselves under pressure soon after the lunch break with the fall of Marnus Labuschagne (26 off 62).

Mohammed Shami, who was not his absolute best in the morning session, bowled a beauty for his first ball post lunch to disturb Labuschagne's off-stump. The full ball jagged back in from the fourth stump to clip the off stump.

Head joined Smith in the middle and hit a flurry of boundaries against Shami and Mohammed Siraj to put the pressure back on India. He was quick to flick anything directed towards his pads and was equally sharp with the cut shots.

Head brought up his 14th Test fifty with a crisp backfoot punch off Shardul Thakur. Ravindra Jadeja was brought into action in the 39th over and hardly gave anything away in his seven overs.

Umesh Yadav was brought towards the end of the session but was not able to get the breakthrough.

Australia managed to get 97 runs from 28 overs in the session.

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