He wins too many video games than anyone else

Former India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has praised Australia batter Travis Head following his match-winning hundred within the first Ashes 2025-26 Check in Perth. The sport, which started on Friday, November 21, concluded on Day 2 (Saturday, November 22), with Head producing a surprising 123 off 83 balls, together with 16 fours and 4 sixes. His masterful innings helped Australia chase down 205 within the fourth innings in simply 28.2 overs, securing an eight-wicket victory.

After the match, talking in a video on his YouTube channel, Ashwin lauded Head for his spectacular century, noting that when the Australian is in full movement, nobody wins extra video games than he does within the present period of cricket. Ashwin stated:

“And I really feel that when Travis Head will get on a roll, proper, he wins too many video games than anyone else within the present day and age of cricket. When Travis Head is within the zone and he will get going, it’s the utmost variety of matches going round in world cricket proper now. And that’s fairly a star achievement. And I actually hope, from the facet of an Indian cricket fan and an Indian cricket well-wisher, and clearly I don’t need Australia successful quite a bit, I actually hope Australia doesn’t go the route of creating Travis Head the captain at some stage.”

The previous Indian cricketer additionally recommended that if Head have been to turn out to be Australia’s captain in some unspecified time in the future, he may obtain nice issues, as he possesses sturdy management qualities. The 39-year-old stated:

“If he turns into captain, I don’t know what all he’ll go on to attain. I’m saying he’s received all of the requisite management qualities, and as a batting inspirational, he can actually take a group alongside. I hope, I imply perhaps he might be a captain of a franchise earlier than captaincy in Australia. Let’s see, hope and watch,” he added.

Head has performed 61 Checks up to now, scoring 4,107 runs at a median of 42.34, together with 20 half-centuries and 10 centuries.

“He fully cooked it” – R Ashwin on Travis Head’s beautiful hundred in 1st Ashes Check

In the identical video, Ravichandran Ashwin spoke about Travis Head’s 123-run innings and the outstanding pictures he performed, noting that in November, the left-hander tends to be in full movement. Ashwin stated:

“I really feel that in November, throughout Movember in Australia, after preserving a moustache, he takes on a barely totally different kind. I really feel that in November, Travis Head fully cooks. At present, he fully cooked it, there’s little doubt. He performed two or three pictures, I posted a tweet, and he moved fully away from the stumps, with the space from his entrance foot to the ball being no less than a kilometer. From there, he hit it. Have a look at how he rattled them. He moved away, swung, didn’t join absolutely with the bat, and the ball fully missed the set of stumps and went underneath the leg stump. Have a look at the way it moved, take a look at how he hit it, and the bowler was fully rattled.”

“At present, he got here in and performed that pickup shot off Mark Wooden. To me, that was the shot of the day as a result of it was a bit early within the innings, and I anticipated Mark Wooden to go at him. However he chipped it inside, and since the nice leg behind is small and the entrance boundary is small whereas the facet is large, he got here inside and picked it up. that’s the most effective place to hit a six. After which, clearly, he performed two or three extra pictures,” he added.

Throughout codecs, Head has performed 187 matches, scoring 8,311 runs at a median of 40.14, together with 42 half-centuries and 17 centuries.