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IPL 2023: Can't teach how to bat - David Warner on struggles of Prithvi Shaw, DC youngsters vs pace

IPL 2023: Delhi Capitals (DC) captain David Warner was visibly miffed with the batting approaches of young India batters Prithvi Shaw, Sarfaraz Khan and Yash Dhull against pace bowling.

Shaw has scored 48 runs in six matches so far at an average of 7.83. Sarfaraz and Dhull have also wasted the two opportunities they have got, scoring 34 and three runs respectively. The trio have especially looked vulnerable against world-class pace bowlers in the 10-team tournament.

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Warner, Delhi's top-scorer and only batter to score over 150 runs in the IPL 2023, has asserted that the youngsters will have to work on their technique and improve their skill set to tackle the challenges thrown at them.

“We don’t really have too many discussions because you have to back your skills and I can’t tell people how to bat. You have to actually work it out.

"If you are going to face bowling, guys who bowl at 150 kmph, you need to have the technique and method to score, and if they are going to keep coming at you and they bowl into your ribcage, you have to find a way to score," Warner said after Delhi Capitals' first win of the season on Thursday.

The veteran opener also pointed out that even in Australia batters do not practice playing the short-pitch balls, adding that it's more of a reaction skill. He also reckoned that bowlers can bowl only one short ball in the white-ball format and that's something which helps the batters.

“In the nets, it’s very difficult to practice; even in Australia, we don’t practice the short-pitch balls. I feel if you practice the short ball all the time in the game, you would be tentative. It’s a reaction skill and you have to remember that the bowlers are going to bowl only one short ball in this format and that’s a good thing for the batsman,” Warner said.

Warner answers questions on his slow strike rate this season

Further, the southpaw also explained the change in his batting approach and explained why he has retrained himself from cutting loose in the tournament. The 36-year-old ahead of the match against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on Thursday, carried a strike rate of 116.92.

"There’s going to be a lot of critiques out there to suggest that I haven’t been batting the way I normally bat. But when you lose three wickets in a row in two overs and I have faced three balls what would you do? You can’t do anything. You have some sense of responsibility,” he said.

“In Bangalore, When I got out, and I guarantee you, people would have been criticising me for getting out but that’s just the game; that’s how it is.”

Against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), Warner was more fluent, scoring 57 off 41 balls, including 11 fours. Ten of these fours came inside the powerplay. The knock was crucial in Delhi's four-wicket win over KKR.

Delhi will be up next against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) on Monday.

Story first published: Friday, April 21, 2023, 11:54 [IST]
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