IN many ways, the writing was on the wall for India. In this instance, Australia batter Travis Head haunting India when it matters the most. Over the last 18 months, he has done it time and again against India. World Test Championship final, check. ODI World Cup final, check. To say that he was behind India's failure to capture global titles would not be an understatement.
So much so that every time he plays and misses, Indian cricket fans would relive the events of November 19, 2023 in Ahmedabad. So, when the Indian team arrived on the shores of his hometown - Adelaide - they would have had to pull off a mighty effort to stop him from scoring a century. As fate would have it, they couldn't.
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