“Maybe he didn't like England's blue caps” - Aakash Chopra on Travis Head’s exceptional century in fourth innings vs England

Former Indian cricketer and commentator Aakash Chopra has heaped praise on the dashing Australian batter Travis Head, who scored an exceptional century in the fourth innings of the Perth Test against England.

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Speaking on his YouTube channel, Chopra asserted that whenever he see the blue colour, Travis Head wakes up and scores a century. Interestingly, on the back of Head’s century, Australia finished off the game inside two days to take a 1-0 lead in the Ashes 2025-26 campaign. 

"Travis Head, what a hammering he has given [England]. At the start of the series, he was asked about opening the innings. He said there was no chance of him opening the batting. But he got an opportunity to open and maybe he didn't like England's blue caps. When he sees blue color, he just wakes up. He played a brilliant knock, scored a hundred and the Test ended in two days,” Aakash Chopra said on his YouTube channel.

On the other hand, England head coach Brendon McCullum also praised Head’s innings as one of the best he has ever seen in a pressure situation on a tough batting wicket, adding that he had put England bowlers under a lot of pressure. 

"I thought 200 was a good score for us to try to defend. The way Travis Head played was absolutely outstanding. It's one of the best knocks I've ever seen in a pressure situation on a tough wicket. He knocked us off our lengths. We wanted to try to hold length as long as we possibly could but he put us under so much pressure that we couldn't do it,” Brendon McCullum said.

With more than 10 days time left for the second Test in Brisbane, England will lock horns with Prime Minister's XI in a two-day warm-up game to regroup and come back stronger.

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