Travis Head stuns over 100,000 India cricket fans with excellent century as Australia win World Cup
Travis Head stunned over 100,000 Indian cricket fans with an excellent century in the World Cup final to help Australia win.
The Australian batter became just the third Aussie to score a 100 in a World Cup final as Australia defied all the odds to overcome the favourites.
The brilliant Aussie opener put on an incredible display of batting to end India's run of ten consecutive wins and stun a vocal home crowd.
Head's century came in just 95 balls, as he and Marnus Labuschagne dragged Pat Cummins' men from 47-3 to the verge of glory.
He ended up getting 137 before falling one ball before Glenn Maxwell came out and scored the winning runs.
Australia restricted India to 240 on a slow pitch but looked to be in trouble once Steve Smith was given out lbw.
However, Head and Labuschagne rebuilt and pushed Australia on towards their sixth Cricket World Cup title.
Given the situation and the pressure, this innings from Head was a total gem and will live long in the memory of all those who witnessed it.
Australia are now world champions again after England crashed out in the group stages.
They lost their first two group games and faced an uphill battle to qualify, but turned it around and produced a magnificent display to beat India in their backyard.
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But it was Head who got the crucial runs to write himself into Cricket World Cup history.