David Warner Hails Indian Fast Bowlers As The Best In The World Against Left-Handers

David Warner and Rohit Sharma, the two best white-ball cricket openers of the modern era, engaged in an Instagram Live session on Friday (May 08). The duo chatted up a storm on a variety of things related to their careers as well as on the current situation with regards to the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic.

During the discussion, Warner opened up on his experience of watching the Indian fast-bowling trio of Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami, and Jasprit Bumrah wrack havoc on the Australian batsmen during India’s historic Test series win Down Under in the summer of 2018.

Warner also went on to hail the Indian fast bowlers as the best in the world when it comes to bowling against the left-handers.

“Watching that series was hard as you can’t do anything from the outside. But I want to say that India has the best pace attack against left-handers. They zero in one spot and keep bowling there. Mentally, it was great for Indian cricket but it was hard to watch. I felt helpless. Hope it does not happen and looking forward to the battle,” David Warner said during an Instagram live session with Rohit Sharma.

The Australian also reckoned that India is the toughest place to bat for any visiting batsmen.

“I love playing India in India. Everyone is against you. Hard conditions. Same for you (Rohit) when you come here,” he said.

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David Warner not intrigued by the concept of playing behind closed doors

There have been talks about holding cricket behind closed doors in the post-corona world, a concept Warner is not particularly enthused about. The swashbuckling opener talked about his experience of playing behind closed doors against New Zealand back in March where he said that it was like playing a warm-up game.

“It was a bizarre experience. You could only hear the echo of the cricket ball. It was bizarre. We are used to calling ‘yes and no’ while running between wickets but we did not need to do that. It was literally like playing a warm-up game. It was surreal. I don’t know how long you can sustain that. You gain your momentum from the home crowd.” Warner said.

Cricketers are divided on the concept of playing behind closed doors. While the likes of Warner, Glenn Maxwell has expressed their reservations against the same, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have voiced their opinions in favor of the concept.

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