SunRisers Hyderabad’s (SRH) explosive Australian opener Travis Head says that he’ll prioritize Test cricket over the franchise league from the next year on. Head made the comments despite a hugely successful Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 campaign where he has scored more that 500 runs at a whopping strike rate of 200.

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“This has been the first year in IPL for me in quite a while (since 2017),” Head told news agency PTI. “I would put all my eggs in Test basket for the moment, I will continue to do that.”

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“After Tests, I will pick formats, and see in which different ways I am available for selection,” Head said. “At this stage, I would like to be back here in [the] IPL next year. Like I will play Major League Cricket [in the USA] this year right after the World T20 [T20 World Cup] but next year might just look a lot different.

“Each year, you prioritise what you can and can’t do. Next year, Test cricket is around, we tour the West Indies and probably I will not feature in many other franchises,” he added.

“Look, in few years when I am finished with Test cricket, then probably there will be few more opportunities to play a bit more franchise cricket. But at this time, I would try to limit it to a couple of franchise[s] maybe, and [focus on] Test cricket,” the Southpaw further noted.

Head has been in incredible form since an year or so and has played some great innings for Australia in all formats. He was one of the Player of the Match with 163 in the World Test Championship (WTC) Final against India last year as well as in the ODI World Cup 2023 Final for his 137 runs.

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