At the Narendra Modi Stadium on Sunday, Head notched up a sublime 120-ball 137, including hitting 15 boundaries and four sixes, for Australia to chase down 241 in 43 overs and claim their sixth World Cup title.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Head also became just the fourth cricketer in history of the World Cup to win Player of the Match awards in both semi-final and final, having previously won the award in the last-four clash against South Africa at Kolkata. He had also slammed a rapid 163 off 174 balls in the first innings against India to give Australia their first World Test Championship title at The Oval, London, in June this year.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cI think we\u2019re looking at the next Australian captain in Travis Head. That won\u2019t be too far down the track. He\u2019ll probably have to give one of them (formats) away to be the Australian captain, I would think he\u2019ll give T20 away at that stage. It\u2019s a few years down the track. Pat Cummins basically signed the document last night. For as long as he\u2019s fit and playing, he\u2019ll be captain of Australia,\u201d said O\u2019Donnell to SEN Radio.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In the field, Head was hugely impactful in dismissing India skipper Rohit Sharma. He ran back from the cover region to complete a sensational back-pedalling catch. \u201cIt was no surprise he took that catch that got rid of Sharma and then made the hundred he did. He\u2019s just a big game player.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cTravis Head is just a superstar, an absolute superstar, and it doesn\u2019t matter what form. I think he\u2019s a Test match superstar, I think he\u2019s a 50-over superstar, and I think he\u2019s a T20 superstar,\u201d added O\u2019Donnell.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Australia skipper Pat Cummins had revealed how a plan to get Head recover quickly from a fractured hand, resulting in him missing initial stage of the tournament, worked well to perfection, resulting in the formidable opener shining yet again in a global finale.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cWe thought his World Cup was straight over. It wasn\u2019t until I think it was about the next night afterwards where Ronnie (McDonald) came up to me. He\u2019s like, \u2018I haven\u2019t slept all last night. I think we\u2019re going to keep him. We\u2019re going to take the risk. He might be right for the Netherlands and then if we\u2019re going to make the finals and we want to win the World Cup I think he needs to be there for the finals\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cIt\u2019s his idea and again great work by the medical team and it means you probably don\u2019t have the second spinner in your squad, which is a risk, but obviously paid off. I think we could have been made to look really silly if that didn\u2019t pay off, but you\u2019ve got to take those risks to win a tournament.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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