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New Delhi: Lethal Australia batter Travis Head has fired a blunt warning to the Indian cricket team led by Suryakumar Yadav ahead of the T20I series opener against Australia. The first of the five matches would be played in Canberra on Wednesday and Team India is practicing hard ahead of the series opener.
The T20 World champions, though being equipped across departments, will face an uphill task against the favourites Australia as they come up as one of the most dangerous sides in the format especially at home. Just a day ahead of the first T20I, lethal batter Travis Head fired a warning at the Men in Blue saying that if they get going early on, they can score anything.
The batting line-up of the hosts consists of Head, Mitchell Marsh, Josh Inglis taling command in the top three, with the middle-order boasting of Glenn Maxwell, Tim David, Marcus Stoinis among others. With 6 to 7 astute players, Australia possess a very strong batting line-up, though their bowling could be compromised to a certain extent with the absence of Pat Cummins.
Meanwhile, Head did not enjoy an eventful ODI series as the dangerous southpaw failed to exhibit his natural firepower in the 50-over format. He would be keen on making a mark in all the five matches and his favourite format, where he leaves less scope for error. In a total of 44 matches, Head has scored 1163 runs with a highest score of 91.
It is the strike rate of more than 156 that makes him dangerous in the T20Is. Meanwhile ahead of the match, skipper Marsh has said that the team would continue to follow their aggressive approach with a keen eye on the World Cup next year. He further said that the ultra-aggressive approach will not fit their nature but they would continue with an attacking one which would is the need of the hour in the format and against champion side India.
The skipper himself has been in a good touch in the format scoring two centuries and as many half-centuries in the last 10 innings in the format.
