Travis Head unavailable for LSG tie: 'Had Covid-19, couldn't travel'
Ahmedabad: Sunrisers Hyderabad's Travis Head plays a shot during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 cricket match between Gujarat Titans and Sunrisers Hyderabad, in Ahmedabad. (PTI Photo/Arun Sharma)
Sunrisers Hyderabad
(SRH) have suffered a blow ahead of their crucial
IPL 2025
clash against
Lucknow Super Giants
(LSG), as Australian opener
Travis Head
has been ruled out of the fixture due to health reasons. SRH head coach
Daniel Vettori
confirmed that Head recently tested positive for Covid-19 and was unable to travel with the team.
'He had Covid-19, and unfortunately, he couldn't travel,' Vettori told reporters. 'We're hopeful of having him back for the next game once he's fully recovered and cleared to join the squad.'
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Last year's finalists SRH are already out of contention and will be playing for pride while LSG have an outside chance of sneaking into the last-four if they can get to 16 points with three emphatic wins.
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For SRH, it will be a chance for some of their players to shrug off rustiness that has plagued their campaign through and through.
The likes of Nitish Kumar Reddy and Ishan Kishan wouldn't mind some runs under their belt before they leave the sub-continental shores for India A's tour of England.
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In SRH line-up,
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On his day, Abhishek is a force to reckon with and LSG's below-par bowling line-up will have its task cut on Monday.
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