{"id":5561,"date":"2023-02-26T04:53:20","date_gmt":"2023-02-25T23:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=283473"},"modified":"2023-02-26T04:53:20","modified_gmt":"2023-02-25T23:23:20","slug":"ind-vs-aus-travis-head-reveals-how-robust-conversations-with-selectors-led-to-his-exclusion-from-1st-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/ind-vs-aus-travis-head-reveals-how-robust-conversations-with-selectors-led-to-his-exclusion-from-1st-test\/","title":{"rendered":"IND vs AUS: Travis Head reveals how \u2018robust\u2019 conversations with selectors led to his exclusion from 1st Test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Travis Head, Australia\u2019s middle-order batsman, said being dropped for the first test in India came as a surprise after \u201crobust\u201d discussions with the selectors, and he was ready to play anywhere in the lineup if recalled.<\/p>\n<p>After struggling against spin on tours to Pakistan and Sri Lanka, the 29-year-old aggressive left-hander was left out of the team for the first test of the four-match series in Nagpur.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was something that I didn\u2019t expect coming here,\u201d Head told reporters in New Delhi. \u201cThe conversations were robust. Everyone has different opinions. I respect the coaching staff and selectors and I have a strong relationship with them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that\u2019s what made the conversations the way they went, because there\u2019s respect that goes both ways and we were able to voice our opinions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI woke up the next morning and I\u2019m still on tour playing for Australia, I still get to do what I love to do. I\u2019d love to be competing and playing but there\u2019s another way I can support the guys\u2026 I still feel like I\u2019m in a great space.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Head was recalled for the second test in India\u2019s capital, Delhi, after scoring three half-centuries in Australia\u2019s recent home series against South Africa and also impressing against the West Indies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Travis Head, Australia\u2019s middle-order batsman, said being dropped for the first test in India came as a surprise after \u201crobust\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":28503,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1088,3527,1344],"class_list":["post-5561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket","tag-border-gavaskar-trophy","tag-indore-test","tag-travis-head"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5561\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}