Travis Head, one of the world’s most dangerous batters, has started IPL 2025 in his signature style, with fearless batting against Rajasthan Royals in the second game of the season. The top-order batter smashed 67 runs off just 31 balls. In this inning, Head smashed 9 fours and 3 sixes, including the massive 106m six to Jofra Archer in the over number 5 over deep square leg.
Watch: Travis Head smashes a massive 106m six off Jofra Archer
106 SIX METER SIX BY TRAVIS HEAD 🥶 pic.twitter.com/xVrEgL8wdo
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) March 23, 2025
After going for 55 runs in the first four overs, captain Riyan Parag went to his prime fast bowler Jofra Archer in the 5th over, and Travis Head welcomed him with four on the first ball of the over and smashed the massive 106m six on the second delivery over deep square leg. Additionally, he smashed three fours more to take 23 runs from Archer’s first over.
IPL 2025: SRH vs RR
Rajasthan Royals captain Riyan Parag won the toss against SRH and elected to bowl first. However, SRH openers Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head started IPL 2025 where they left off last season. SRH smashed 94 runs in the six-over powerplay with a loss of Abhishek Sharma, who scored 24 runs off 11 balls. At the time of writing, SRH is on 154 runs in 11.4 overs with the loss of openers. Tushar Deshpande removes Travis Head on 67 runs. Ishan Kishan and Nitish Kumar Reddy are batting with the same tempo.
SRH vs RR: Both team playing XI
Sunrisers Hyderabad Playing XI: Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen, Aniket Verma, Abhinav Manohar, Pat Cummins, Simarjeet Singh, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Shami
Rajasthan Royals Playing XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubham Dubey, Nitish Rana, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theekshana, Tushar Deshpande, Sandeep Sharma, Fazalhaq Farooqi
