Travis Head comes back to form after ‘Rohit Sharma enters stadium’ in Perth; Harshit Rana’s sledge decoded by internet
Travis Head kept the fight alive for Australia in the game after Mohammed Siraj’s two early wickets on Day 4 of the first Test reduced the hosts to 79/5. Head, out for 11 in the first innings, slammed 89 off 101 balls before getting dismissed by Jasprit Bumrah. At lunch, Head was 63 off 72 runs and continued to build on it in the second session, stitching a fifty-plus partnership with Mitchell Marsh for the sixth wicket – Australia’s biggest of the match. From Left: Travis Head, Rohit Sharma and Harshit Rana(Screengrab) However, fans on the internet couldn’t get past the coincidence that Head returned to form on the day Rohit Sharma was in the stadium. The connection between Rohit, Head and the Indian fans goes back to November 19 last year – a date Indian cricket fans don’t have fond memories of. Head hasn’t had the best of years in Test cricket, coming into the Perth Test with scores of double ducks against West Indies, 1, 29, 21 and 18. But the fact that …
