WTC Final: Travis Head created history by scoring his first century, India on the backfoot with a quick innings

WTC Final, Travis Head: Australia has taken possession on the very first day of the final match of the World Test Championship being played between India and Australia at the Oval in London. Batting first, Australia has scored 327 runs for 3 wickets by the end of the day. In this, while batting at number five, left-handed batsman Travis Head has contributed the biggest 146 * runs so far.

Scored first century in final

Travis Head has become the first batsman to score a century in the WTC Final. After lunch, ie in the second session, Head came to the crease in the 25th over after the fall of Marnus Labushen’s wicket and as soon as he arrived, Head started batting furiously. By the end of the day, Head has made a personal score of 146 * runs in 156 balls with the help of 22 fours and 1 six.

Head completed his century in the 65th over in 106 balls. This was the first Test century on foreign soil with the bat of Head. Coming out to bat, Head was showing great rhythm and aggression from the very first ball.

Indian fast bowlers could not do anything special on the first day

Indian captain Rohit Sharma had decided to field four fast bowlers in the playing XI. However, on the first day the fast bowlers could not prove to be very effective. Fast bowlers have been able to take only 3 wickets, while all have spent runs. Fast bowler Mohammed Shami has bowled 20 overs, in which he took 1 wicket for 77 runs.

Apart from this, Shardul Thakur has taken 1 wicket for 75 runs in 18 overs. At the same time, Mohammad Siraj has taken 1 wicket after spending 67 runs in 19 overs. In this way, the fast bowlers could not do anything special on the first day. At the same time, by the end of the day, Australian batsmen Travis Head returned after scoring 146 * and Steve Smith scored 95 *. In front of both the kangaroo batsmen, the Indian bowlers have looked absolutely helpless till now.

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