Former Australia skipper Ricky Ponting has picked Travis Head to be the highest run-scorer at the upcoming T20 World Cup 2024 in the USA and West Indies. Ponting’s comments came on the back of Head’s rich form in the last year or so including a sensational Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 season for SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) as well.

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“My prediction for the leading run-scorer will be Travis Head. I just think everything he’s done, whether it be red-ball or white-ball in the last couple of years, has been of the highest quality. I think he’s playing fearless cricket at the moment,” Ponting said on the ICC Review Podcast.

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Head scored a mammoth 567 runs in 15 matches in the IPL 2024 at an average of 40 and monster strike rate of 191. The team, however, lost the final against eventual champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR).

“His IPL had its ups and downs, but when it’s been good, it’s been very good. And it has won games of cricket for his team,” Ponting noted.

“And it’ll be exactly the same for Australia. So, look, he might not be the most consistent on the way through this tournament, but he’ll be right up there, I’m sure, with the leading run scorers. And as I’ve said, if he spends any amount of time at the wicket for Australia, he’ll win more games than ever,” added the former skipper.

Australia are placed in Group B along with England, Namibia, Oman and Scotland. They start their campaign on June 5 against Oman before taking on arch-rivals England on June 8. Their next match comes against Namibia on June 11 before playing against Scotland on June 15 in their last group stage match.

The Australia squad is being led by Mitchell Marsh with Cam Green and Marcus Stoinis and Glenn Maxwell being the all-rounders. 

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