Pat Cummins takes unprovoked swipe at Marnus Labuschagne after Travis Head heroics in IPL

Aussie captain Pat Cummins has taken a cheeky swipe at his national teammate Marnus Labuschagne after he was involved in the record-breaking Indian Premier League game. Travis Head sent the cricket world berserk having launched his maiden century for the Sunrisers to help his team to 3-287, which is the highest total in IPL history.

The Challengers managed to make the game competitive with 7-262, but still fell 25 runs short of the record innings. Head's first century in T20 cricket included eight sixes and nine fours. The Australian star took a liking to RCB's fast bowlers, with Kiwi Lockie Ferguson (2-52) taking the most of the punishment.

Heinrich Klaasen managed to blast 67 off 31 balls to help the Sunrisers set-up the total. Dinesh Karthik and Faf du Plessis were the top scorers for the Challengers having both hit at a strike rate of more than 200.

Cummins joked after the game he wished he was a batter after records tumbled. And following the game, the Aussie captain was in awe of his teammate and commented: "This guy". And their Test cricket teammate, Labuschagne, was just as impressed having commented: "Wow".

And Cummins took the opportunity to take a cheeky dig at the batter for his lack of white-ball power-hitting. "You'd clear the fence here at Bangalore," he wrote. Cummins' original post received more than 380,000 likes. The cheeky comment to Labuschagne received more than 6,000 likes.

Travis Head helps shatter IPL records

Head brought up his half-century off just 20 balls and completed his century off the next 19, before he was finally out off Ferguson's bowling - caught at mid-off. "The pitch played beautifully," Head said afterwards. "We thought we had to take the license to go." Of his own batting he said: "It's not the prettiest thing in the world but I'm pleased with how I struck the ball today."

Teammate Heinrich Klassen, who made 67 from 31 balls alongside Head, said: "It was unbelievable. Special knock." On a horror day for bowlers, Cummins was one of the shining lights. The Sunrisers captain went for more than 10 per over but picked up three key wickets The Sunrisers move up to fourth place after six games. While the season only gets worse for the Challengers who who have just one win after seven matches.

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Not all Aussies enjoyed their time in Bangalore. Aussie World Cup winner Glenn Maxwell opted to step out of the starting XI after a number of poor games with the bat. "After the first few games hadn’t gone to plan personally for me, it was a pretty easy decision,” Maxwell said. “I went to (RCB captain Faf du Plessis) and the coaches last game and said it was time to probably try someone else.

"I have been in this situation before in the past, where you can keep playing and dig yourself into a hole. Now is actually the best time to give myself a mental and physical break." Maxwell said he would put himself forward for selection again when he gets “into a solid mental and physical space”. He added: “The management here has been outstanding. We’ve been working together on taking a fair bit of ownership and the off-field leadership staff is trying to help out as much as they can. Unfortunately, runs just haven’t come the way they should have when you are in really good form."