"Just banter": Travis Head on spat with Maxwell, Stoinis

After the completion of the Indian Premier League IPL 2025 encounter against Punjab Kings PBKS Sunrisers Hyderabad SRH opener Travis Head opened up and shared his thoughts on the verbal spat between him and Glenn Maxwell and Marcus Stoinis during the ninth over of the 27th fixture of the ongoing 18th edition of the cashrich leagueDuring the ninth over of the innings Glenn Maxwell was brought into the attack On the third and fourth deliveries of the over Head slammed two consecutive sixes off Maxwell which frustrated himAfter the two sixes Maxwell exchanged a few words with the Hyderabad opener After the completion of the over Head walked up to Maxwell and responded sparking a heated verbal exchange between the two The situation escalated until the onfield umpire stepped in to finish the spat Soon after Marcus Stoinis fellow Australian and Punjab Kings allrounder joined in and was seen engaging in a fresh argument with HeadSpeaking at the postmatch presentation on the verbal exchange the 31yearold player said You bring out the best and the worst in each other when you know them so well nothing too serious just a bit of banterNot bad nice to get on the winners list It was an exceptional night we needed it We had our work cut out at the halfway point We gave ourselves a chance showed a bit more patience at the start We knew the plans they were going to come with Gave ourselves a bit more time and got off to a flyer We did the things we did really well last year and thats what made us such a good partnership Its just about encouraging each other picking our targets and setting the stage Weve seen 270280 scored on that wicket Weve played on slightly different wickets but no2 seems to put out big scores Everything had to go right for us to chase down 240 the Australian batter addedComing to the match PBKS won the toss and elected to bat first A 66run stand between Priyansh Arya 36 in 13 balls with two fours and four sixes and Prabhsimran Singh 42 in 23 balls with seven fours and a six started off things well for PBKS Later a halfcentury from skipper Shreyas Iyer 82 in 36 balls with six fours and six sixes and a final flourish from Marcus Stoinis 34 in 11 balls with a four and four sixes powered PBKS to 2456 in their 20 oversHarshal Patel 442 and Eshan Malinga 245 were among the wickettakers for SRHIn the runchase of 246 runs Abhishek 141 in 55 balls with 14 fours and 10 sixes and Travis Head 66 in 37 balls with nine fours and three sixes started off well with a 171run partnership After Head was dismissed Abhishek continued to rage while Heinrich Klaasen 21 and Ishan Kishan 9 put some finishing touches chasing down the mammoth totalThis is also the secondhighest run chase in IPL history with 262 chased by PBKS against defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders KKR last year being at the top SRH has risen to the eighth spot with two wins and four losses while PBKS is at sixth place with three wins and two lossesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoeveratOptionskeyd0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7formatiframeheight90width728params