IND vs AUS Boxing Day Test: India and Australia are now ready to clash at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The fourth test of the series starting from 26th December will be important in many ways. Travis Head, especially, has become a cause of trouble for Team India in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Head, who has scored 409 runs in 5 innings of this series. But when it comes to Melbourne Cricket Ground, Team India’s star bowler Jasprit Bumrah has outweighed them many times.
Travis Head has so far played 2 test matches against India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, scoring 109 runs in four innings at an average of only 27.25. The in-form Head’s poor record at the MCG ground is good news for Team India. Bumrah has succeeded in dismissing Head twice in four innings. Anyway, Head’s record in Melbourne is not very good because so far he has been able to score 346 runs in 10 innings at an average of 34.6 on this ground. In such a situation, Bumrah being in great form can help him in taking the wicket of Head in the upcoming Boxing Day Test also.
Competition between top batsman and top bowler
Travis Head is the highest run-scorer so far in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024. He has scored 409 runs in 5 innings at an excellent average of 81.80. In these 5 innings he has also scored two centuries and one half-century. On the other hand, Jasprit Bumrah is the bowler taking the most wickets in this series. He has taken 21 wickets in 3 matches at an incredible bowling average of 10.90. After him in this list are Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins, both of them have taken 14 wickets in the series so far. That means the clash between Bumrah and Head will be thrilling in the Melbourne Test.
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