Mumbai, March 25 -- "This game's brutal. Nothing's ever guaranteed," Travis Head said just before he kickstarted his IPL 2025 campaign with another turbocharged beginning - 67 off 31balls against Rajasthan Royals.
Staying in touch with reality is something the South Australian has internalised. It's one learning from his stop-start beginnings in international cricket; his career almost never took off (for five years from 2016) until it did, and how.
As we know, Head was the highest T20 run maker last year and his runs came more briskly than anyone else. "Prepare well. And hope it happens. If not, stay relaxed and know it's not far round the corner," he told the broadcasters.
That's how Head broke it down for himself, to help him get over...