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Warner takes full responsibility for Hyderabad’s defeat, points out at his sluggish start
David Warner might be trying to forget the match he lost to Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on Wednesday in Delhi even after touching another milestone of the 50th IPL half-century and 10,000th T20 run. Warner struggled to 57 of 55, contributing to a sluggish start as Hyderabad slumped to a 7-wicket defeat to stay at the bottom of the points table in IPL 2021.
During his post-match conversation, Warner admitted saying, “I take full responsibility. The way that I batted was very slow,” Warner also admitted he was extremely frustrated, said “I was hitting a lot of fielders and was very, very frustrated. Look, I take full responsibility from a batting point of view. I felt that with Manish Pandey, coming back into the team, the way that he batted was exceptional. And Kane Williamson and Kedar [Jadhav] towards the back end there, they put some boundaries away and got us to a respectable total. I felt that we were probably just below par from where we were. But yeah look, at the end of the day, I'll take full responsibility."
It is not that Warner wasn't trying to get the ball away, but he never found the combination of timing and placement right. A lot of his forcing shots couldn't hit the gaps, and those that did hadn't traveled sweetly enough off the bat and could therefore be cut off. ESPN Cricinfo's control percentage illustrates both points: Warner was not in control of his shots for 20% of his innings which comes down to 11 balls, a high enough figure anyway given the length of his innings.
