David Warner not concerned by his loss of form

David Warner not concerned by his loss of form

36

Written by: SportsCafe Desk

no photo

|

Getty Images

A lot was expected of David Warner in the lead-up to Australia's Test tour of India, and although he has failed so far, the opener believes that if he keeps putting in the work, good results cannot be far away. The 4-match series is tied at 1-1 with the decider starting in Dharamsala on March 25.

Despite having a poor series, Warner says that he is ‘hitting the ball well'.

"I feel fantastic, I couldn't be hitting the ball any better but it's just that the runs aren't coming for me at the moment," Warner said after the drawn third Test. 

With scores of 38, 10, 33, 17, 19 and 14, so far in the series, it goes without saying that Warner has failed to light up the series. However, he isn’t too concerned about it, saying,  "That (runs) will come, it will turn around. I just have to keep being disciplined and making sure that my preparation is still the same - not change anything, and just go about my business as I do."

Warner said that he has experienced similar dips in form in his career and is certain that experience will help him find a way out of his current slump as well. "That's where in the back of your mind you've got to keep telling yourself you've done the hard yards, you just don't lose it overnight. There were tough periods where I kept on thinking to myself 'am I actually doing the work at training?' I sort of second guessed myself," he said.

Warner has fallen prey to R. Ashwin a few times in the ongoing series, he doesn’t see any reason to change his technique. "I had a couple of words to some boys around Christmas time and they weren't seeing any trends or anything with my dismissals, everything I was doing at training was spot on and in the normal way I go about it. Nothing's changed, it's still the same. "I've just got to go out and keep backing myself and, when I'm out there, adapt to the conditions and then keep backing myself to try and keep putting the runs on the board."

Warner has managed to forge a solid opening partnership with Matt Renshaw in this series and is all praise for his young opening partner, particularly for the way Renshaw has played the Indian spinners. "He knuckles down. He's got the game. He's got the brains as well, for a 20-year-old kid. I know where my mind was when I was a 20-year-old. Credit to him. To come out here and play the way he has done so far in this series is a testament to him and obviously the way he started in Australia as well."

Despite Renshaw’s good showing, however, Australia have failed to get off to really good starts at the top of the order, owing to Warner’s struggles with the bat and vice-captain Warner has acknowledged the need for improvement saying, "For the team's sake we need to get off to a good start," he said. "As a partnership, me and Renners have been getting off to an okay start. None for 50 over here, you need those to be none for 100. We've seen the Indians do it before, batting big and partnerships of 200."

The swashbuckling left-hander also heaped praise on Glenn Maxwell for his performance with the bat in the third Test. "For Maxi, it's about just doing the basics right. Keep doing what he does best at training. The hundred he scored was fantastic and phenomenal and a great boost for him. I think you look at the Twenty20 in Sri Lanka (last year), when he scored the 100 there, I think he's got it in his head that he knows he's got the capacity to do that, to take games away from teams. To come out here and fight like he did and bat time, it should say to him he can play this format. "And looking forward and down the future, hopefully, he can keep playing (Test cricket) for a long time."

Get updates! Follow us on

Open all