Sharp eyes, huge heart: Travis Head has to be in my World Cup XI

Down the pitch went Rohit Sharma and lifted Glenn Maxwell’s off spin effortlessly over long-on for six. The next ball, flatter and wider, was cut to the fence for four.

There was a time when ten runs from an over would have been deemed more than sufficient, but in the attitude of Sharma, India’s captain, in this World Cup has been manifested the courage and aggression required of an opener in one-day international cricket these days.

Sharma revealed himself in this tournament as a player transformed, hitting more sixes than any other batsman, and only surpassed by his team-mate Virat Kohli in the runscoring stakes.

Maxwell’s over, the last of the powerplay, with only two fielders permitted outside the fielding circle, was the time in