Travis Head stuns RCB with blistering century as he smashed 102 runs in 41 balls
Australian player Travis Head who is playing his first IPL season stunned Royal Challengers Bangalore. He hit a century off just 39 balls, laced with 9 fours and 8 sixes to put the hosts on the backfoot. It is the fourth hundred of the Indian Premier League 2024 and also the fourth fastest in the history of the tournament.
Fastest hundred in IPL (by balls)
30 – Chris Gayle v PWI, 2013
37 – Yusuf Pathan v MI, 2010
38 – David Miller v RCB, 2013
39 – Travis Head v RCB, 2024*
42 – Adam Gilchrist v MI, 2008
43 – AB de Villiers v GL, 2016
43 – David Warner v KKR, 2017
He accumulated 102 off 41 balls before Lockie Ferguson took his wicket. The southpaw has been in sensational form for Sunrisers Hyderabad in the 17th season.
Head added 108 runs with Abhishek Sharma for the opening wicket. Abhishek struck 34 runs and the pair was together at the crease for 8.1 overs.
Travis’ stitched a 57-run partnership with Heinrich Klaasen, who is the most dangerous T20 batter at the moment. Heinrich Klaasen smashed 67 runs in merely 31 runs which also included 7 sixes.Sunrisers have won 3 games while losing two. The team in Orange posted 287 against the Royal Challengers Bengaluru, breaking their record of 277 runs against the Mumbai Indians.