David Warner has responded to comments made about his current batting form, as well as his omission from the Sunrisers Hyderabad(SRH) team for the second half of the Indian Premier League(IPL) 2021 in the United Arab Emirates. Warner dismissed worries about his batting record in an interview with the media before Australia's match against Sri Lanka in Group 1 of the Super-12 stage of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2021.
Warner has scored 14, 1, 0, 2, 0 runs in his past five live T20 appearances, which include the T20 World Cup match between Australia and South Africa on October 23, two warm-up matches leading up to the event, and two innings for SRH in this IPL
In a media interview on his batting, Warner was reported as stating that he finds people amusing when they talk about his batting form.
“I've hardly played any cricket and then was there an opportunity with the IPL, for example, had two games and then basically wanted to, you know, give all the other youngsters a crack and whatnot. So from my perspective, that's fine”
When asked about his performance in Australia's warm-up matches, Warner responded that they are warm-up games for a reason. He went on to say that he was able to get his benchmark back to where it should be and that the team is working hard to go out and perform. On October 23, Warner returned to the pavilion after hitting 14 runs in 15 balls with four boundaries in a low-scoring match between Australia and South Africa. After successfully chasing down South Africa's 119-run total, Australia won the game by five wickets
Warner made 195 runs in eight matches for SRH in this IPL season, which was his lowest run total for the team in any season. Warner had previously been one of the best scorers for the SRH, winning the IPL 2016 title with the club after amassing 848 runs at a strike rate of 151.42 in 17 matches