A couple of weeks back, Mohammad Siraj contacted former India bowling coach Bharat Arun with one specific request: to share tips to cut the ball away from a left-handed batsman from round the stumps. His request was to nail Travis Head. Before the start of play on Saturday, with two right-handed batsmen batting overnight, R Ashwin had a long bowl at the pitch adjacent to the main pitch as part of warm-ups. It was all from round the stumps and the ball would slide in from outside off as if he were bowling to a left-hander. It seemed the Indians were more than aware that their main nemesis on the day, and possibly of this series, is Travis Head. Their hunch proved right as Head smashed 140 to propel Australia to 337 and hand a 157-run first-innings lead. And the Australian bowlers ran through the top order to leave India gasping at 128/5, trailing by 29 runs. https://t.co/ZfgA7Jl7oe — cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) December 7, 2024 The home crowd of course knew the main man was Head. …