‘Inside joke’: Travis celebrates after scoring against RCB

Sunrisers Hyderabad batsman Travis Head has revealed that the celebrations after completing his century against Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League (IPL) were for head coach Daniel Vettori . Hyde was flawless as he wreaked havoc at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium with most of the RCB bowlers falling under the Australian attack. Head set the fastest score of IPL 2024 and the fourth-highest score in the history of the tournament. He reached the triple-digit mark in just 39 deliveries.

In a celebration reminiscent of former RCB opener Chris Gayle, the left-handed batsman took off his helmet, hung it on the bat handle and lifted it into the air.

“That was for Dan Vettori. The other day, we were talking about the celebration and what he did. We heard a joke on the sidelines and that was for Vettori – a little inside joke ,” Hyde said on the show. Post-match press conference.

After posting a record-breaking total for the hosts, RCB put up a heroic fight to win the match despite all the odds.

Strong starts from Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis laid the foundation for a good start. Meanwhile, Dinesh Karthik acted as the facilitator to push RCB closer to the elusive target.

RCB’s score was 262/7 but Head felt SRH’s bowling unit bowled well and captain Pat Cummins delivered a stellar performance for the visitors.

“We actually bowled well. I thought we did really well to reduce them to 5/120 and DK played an unbelievable innings which brought them closer to the game. But we bowled very, very well . . We knew we probably needed three or four good possessions to make sure we won the game. I thought Pat (Cummins) pitched really well throughout the middle possessions and that set the stage for the game.”

After the match started, SRH batted and a blitzkrieg of Travis Head (102) and Heinrich Klassen (67) put the visitors at 287/3.

In reply, Kohli (42) and Du Plessis (62) gave the home team an ideal start but the fall of wickets kept hampering their chase. Dinesh Karthik once again took the lead with a brilliant score of 83 runs. But it was not enough to get his team across the finish line as RCB suffered a 25-run defeat.

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