"I think it suits me": Travis Head on playing with pink-ball at Adelaide Oval

Australia swashbuckling opening batsman Travis Head opened up on his thoughts on playing the pink ball Test in AdelaideHe stated that while the wicket can be challenging to bat on it suits him well as it is his home groundTravis Head will be one of the key batsmen to watch out for during the daynight Test starting on December 6 at the Adelaide Oval Team India leads the series by 10 against Australia The hosts lost by a margin of 295 runs in Optus StadiumTravis Head who represents South Australia in domestic cricket calls the Adelaide Oval his home groundSpeaking to Star Sports Head expressed excitement about playing at home particularly with his friends and family in attendanceIt can be a tough wicket to bat on Obviously the dropin wicket requires you to score in different ways I think it suits me I bat there a lot and it has been nice to get some runs over the last couple of years there I will try to do the same again this year said Travis HeadAlso ReadAdam Gilchrist asks Labuschagne others to stay longer at crease against Bumrah and CoIts always a nice week for me Its relaxedIm in my own bed Ive got a lot of friends and family around and many mates come to watch Its good fuel for the week so Im looking forward to that Daynight Test matches are special as well They create a great atmosphere and the ball is always doing something The wickets offer plenty making it an exciting week he addedTravis Head has so far been featured in eight pinkball test matches scoring 543 runs With an average of 4936 he also has two centuries and three halfcenturies with a highest score of 175 runsAt Adelaide Oval in four daynight matches Head has amassed 289 runs at an average of 7225 with a century and a fifty His best score at the venue remains 175The Adelaide Test starting on December 6 sees India entering with both a mental and physical edge following a dominant performance in the first Test led by Jasprit Bumrahs bowling and captaincy However the visitors will also aim to exorcise the memories of the infamous 2020 Adelaide pinkball Test where they were dismissed for their lowest Test score of 36 runs On that occasion Pat Cummins 421 and Josh Hazlewood 58 dismantled the Indian batting lineup giving Australia a straightforward target of 90 runs to chaseAustralia squad for the second Test Pat Cummins c Scott Boland Alex Carey wk Josh Hazlewood Travis Head Josh Inglis Usman Khawaja Marnus Labuschagne Nathan Lyon Mitch Marsh Nathan McSweeney Steve Smith Mitchell Starc Beau WebsterIndia squad Rohit Sharma c Jasprit Bumrah vc Yashasvi Jaiswal KL Rahul Abhimanyu Easwaran Devdutt Padikkal Shubman Gill Virat Kohli Rishabh Pant Sarfaraz Khan Dhruv Jurel Ravichandran Ashwin Ravindra Jadeja Mohammed Siraj Akash Deep Prasidh Krishna Harshit Rana Nitish Kumar Reddy Washington SundarReserves Mukesh Kumar Navdeep Saini Khaleel Ahmed Yash DayalWith ANI Inputs