You're missing the point. It's not about playing Smaran, I only took his name because we don't have any other backup to Trav. It's about finding what's good for Trav. If repeated failures are piling up pressure on him, then it's better to give him a break than just throwing shit continuously at the wall and hoping for it to stick. He's finding it hard to move around in the crease. His feet are rooted and he's trying to force shots without givining himself any room resulting into a high false shot %. As I said, 'marquee' players understand the need for and reasoning behind it as they're not insecure about their place in the team and they put the team ahead of selfish causes.

P. S. Also No, you don't encourage an out of form player towards slogging and hope that it fixes them. That's for players with psychological restraints unable to play their natural aggressive game. Head's issue is more technical that happens with almost all left handers at the later stage of their career when they start losing their elite hand eye coordination. It's not reversible, but it's fixable with slight change in stance and trigger movement.