David Warner is one of the most ferocious Test batsmen at the top of the order. He takes apart the attack in just a matter of an hour—that’s the impact the southpaw possesses: raw and lethal. In an interview ahead of the second Test, the New South Wales man recently revealed that he was asked to ‘curb’ his natural instincts. Why would you ask him to do so? He got off to a good start in the first Test only to be dismissed for 38 which he managed after playing 76 balls. These are not good numbers if you are David Warner.
In the interview, Warner revealed what was straining in his mind getting him confused. He said, “There’s a couple of instances where I was a little bit in my mind thinking ‘I can play a big shot’.”
Adding further to the complexity that’s playing in his mind, he said, “So for me, it was about playing with soft hands and figuring out where am I going to get the ones to rotate strike and the boundaries will hopefully come by me putting pressure on their bowlers with my defence.”
No pads, no worries for David Warner #INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/XAFY7vobp2
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“When we saw the opportunity to try and pounce on one or two loose balls we did that, and you saw ‘Renners’ play with Jadeja bowling into him that he took him down over long on because you saw the field was up. They are little moments we are thinking about when we’re out there,” he concluded.
Opening up #INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/txjhc5VNxT
— cricket.com.au (@CricketAus) March 2, 2017
All said and done, we are just 48 hours away from chapter 2 of the rivalry, which promises to be a humdinger of a display.
