Former Indian opener Kris Srikkanth slammed Travis Head for his mundane performances in the ongoing IPL 2026. Head was dismissed after scoring a run-a-ball six against Chennai Super Kings at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai on Monday.
The Australian was dismissed on a short ball by CSK opening bowler Mukesh Choudhary. Head has scored 367 runs in 13 matches of IPL 2026 at an average of 28.23 and a strike rate of 169.12.
Srikkanth reckons, barring a fluke knock against Mumbai Indians, Travis Head has done nothing much of note.
Kris Srikkanth said on his YouTube Channel, “Spencer Johnson bowled brilliantly to them. Head has been a disaster this entire season. All he has done is play one fluke knock against MI. Travis Head is in the same form as Ruturaj Gaikwad, playing horribly. He’s just swinging the bat with no clue.”
The 1983 World Cup-winning player said Abhishek Sharma is lacking confidence in the last few games.
He added, “Abhishek Sharma is not looking confident at all. He is not able to hit when the ball is bowled into his body. All his initial boundaries were off edges. There was nothing convincing.”
Meanwhile, Ishan Kishan scored a match-winning knock of 70 runs off 47 balls and Srikkanth reckons the left-hander played one of the best knocks of IPL 2026 after SRH registered a five-wicket win.
“Kishan played one of the best knocks of this year’s IPL. It wasn’t an easy wicket at all. He wasn’t able to strike the ball well in his first 25 runs. Once he crossed 30, he joined Klaasen and just exploded,” said Srikkanth (via the aforementioned source).
Sunrisers Hyderabad were able to qualify for the playoffs with this win over CSK.
