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Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting believes that explosive batter Travis Head will finish as the highest run scorer of the T20 World Cup 2024.
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The focus of the cricketing world is now shifting to the upcoming edition of the T20 World Cup 2024 which is set to be hosted by the United States and West Indies from June 2. Ahead of the mega tournament, former Australian captain Ricky Ponting revealed his pick for the highest run scorer in this season. He named explosive Aussie batter Travis Head as his pick over the likes of Virat Kohli and Babar Azam.
Ricky Ponting predicts highest run scorer of T20 World Cup 2024
Ponting believes that Head will be topping the run-getters list at the end of this season as the explosive batter has been nothing but impressive with his performance over the past couple of years across all formats of cricket.
"My prediction for the leading run-scorer will be Travis Head. I just think everything he's done, whether it be red-ball or white-ball in the last couple of years, has been of the highest quality. I think he's playing fearless cricket at the moment," Ponting said in the ICC Review Podcast.
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Ponting praises Travis Head
Ricky Ponting praised Head's performance in the Indian Premier League for Sunrisers Hyderabad and said he would be replicating the same for Australia in the T20 World Cup 2024 and help them win more games than ever
"His IPL had its ups and downs, but when it's been good, it's been very good. And it has won games of cricket for his team and it'll be exactly the same for Australia. So, look, he might not be the most consistent on the way through this tournament, but he'll be right up there, I'm sure, with the leading run scorers. And as I've said, if he spends any amount of time at the wicket for Australia, he'll win more games than ever," Ponting concluded.
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