One of the most dazzling headlines for 2025 where it came to league-based franchise cricket was the mega knock played by two of Sunrisers Hyderabad’s big names in IPL. One of them being the future of India’s batting, besides Shubman Gill, Sarfaraz Khan, and Sai Sudharsan: Abhishek Sharma. And the other? A batter who tends to operate in the John Wick-mode, playing the quiet assassin with the bat for his Hyderabad team much like Australia that rests in his heart and always will: Travis Head.
Travis Head’s innings in that April 2025 chase against Punjab Kings was yet another reminder of why he has become such a prized commodity at the top of the order. His 66 off 37 balls may not have grabbed the loudest headlines on a night dominated by Abhishek Sharma’s fireworks, but it was Head who set the tempo. Calm under pressure, fearless against pace and spin alike, the left-hander once again showed his knack for turning daunting run chases into manageable pursuits. That 171-run opening stand didn’t just break records; it reinforced Head’s growing reputation as a big-match player who thrives when the ask is steep and the stakes are higher.
Looking ahead to 2026, expect Travis Head to lean even more into the role of an experienced aggressor at the top of the order and what a man he has been all along, hasn’t he.
Let’s just pause for a moment to admire what he mustered in 2025-and did so-with quintessential panache making the bat do the talking:
After piling up 1,283 runs across formats in 2025, his game appears finely tuned—built on confidence, clarity, and an improved understanding of when to attack and when to absorb pressure. By then, Head will not just be valued for his strokeplay, but for his ability to shape innings and dictate match-ups from ball one. Whether in franchise leagues or in Australian colours, he is likely to be entrusted with setting the tone in high-stakes encounters, especially in run chases where intent matters as much as execution. If recent seasons are any indication, 2026 should see Head evolving further into a leader with the bat—someone who doesn’t merely contribute to victories, but actively scripts them.
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Test runs 2025
| Tests | Runs | H. score | Tons | 50s | Avg | S/R |
| 8 | 817 | 170 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 79 |
ODI runs 2025
| Matches | Runs | H.Score | Tons | 50s | Avg | S/R |
| 10 | 362 | 142 | 1 | 1 | 40.2 | 119 |
T20I runs 2025
He had a miserable run in the game’s briefest international format, scoring 104 runs from 9 games, at an average of 13. 72 of those 104 runs were scored by way of Fours and Sixes!
IPL 2025 season
| Matches | Runs | H.score | 50s, 100s | Avg | S/R |
| 13 (12 innings) | 374 | 76 | 3, 0 | 31 | 162 |
For a team that was battling and still is perhaps for a space among the top tire IPL outfits, Sunrisers Hyderabad would consider themselves fortunate to have a player such as Travis Head in their ranks. Why? As a top order bat and one with venerable experience, Head and Abhishek form a formidable opening pair whose main task is to simply destroy bowlers. And it’s a craft in which they hardly find themselves challenged. Whether it is upping the ante of runs or taking the team off to a flier, the pair have struck a chord already with fans. And that’s on two critical aspects.
A- In playing a brand of fearless cricket
B- In helping their side amount, not accumulate, lanky totals.
The 171-run opening stand in April 2025 against the Punjab Kings was the team’s third-highest opening stand ever, following the footsteps of Warner-Bairstow (185, circa 2019) and Williamson and Dhawan (176, circa 2018).
But in case of the prolific contest against the Punjab Kings, as seen on April 12, 2025, not only did Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head win the contest and that too in a run chase, they helped SRH score 247 runs in the end with 9 balls in spare. How was that?
In pursuit of a massive 246 run ask, in which captain Shreyas Iyer, Wadhera, Stoinis all played their massive part, Travis Head- 66 off 37- laid the key foundation for Sunrisers thanks to a solid 171-run opening partnership along with his good friend and key destroyer up top: Abhishek Sharma. The left hander from India scored 141 runs off 9.1 overs on the whole, and that’s it, to hit 10 sixes and 14 boundaries in his brilliant knock.
But that being said, had Travis Head’s explosive, and now, experienced ways with the bat not been there, the team may not have achieved the enormous win. And speaking of wins, the brave left-hander from Oz does play in that fashion and would like to, in times to come, whether that’s for 2026 or beyond.
