David Warner who is all set to join his franchise team Delhi Daredevils upcoming IPL matches said that he is likely to open the batting with captain Virender Sehwag in the remaining matches of this season IPL.
Mahela Jayawardene who has been opening the batting for Delhi Daredevils in the last few matches is likely to go down in the batting order and could make way for David Warner to open the innings with Sehwag. Warner is joining on the place of Kevin Petersen who has recently gone to play test match for his country England.
Warner quoted "I am pretty sure I"ll be opening up with Viru and will try to continue the success we had in previous years". "Be it me or Mahela batting up the order, it's going to be an oppurtunity for either of us to keep scoring runs for Delhi."
Mahela Jayawardene who has been opening the batting for Delhi Daredevils in the last few matches is likely to go down in the batting order and could make way for David Warner to open the innings with Sehwag. Warner is joining on the place of Kevin Petersen who has recently gone to play test match for his country England.
Warner quoted "I am pretty sure I"ll be opening up with Viru and will try to continue the success we had in previous years". "Be it me or Mahela batting up the order, it's going to be an oppurtunity for either of us to keep scoring runs for Delhi."
Warner was unable to serve his team in the early phase of the IPL-5 because he was in the test squad of Australian team against West Indies but his absence could not make much difference as Delhi won 8 of their matches out of 10 and is up on the list of team rating. KP was the important factor who scored very quick and fast 305 runs in this season including a ton.
"Things are going really well, it's a good opportunity for me to come in while the team is going well. I'll keep executing my skill and help the team as much as I can," Warner said. "Kevin played well while he was here and did a fantastic job for the boys. I hope I can fill up his spot and help our team to keep the number one spot."
Warner, who has played 31 games for Daredevils and scored 769 runs at a strike rate of 128.38, said he was not worried about making a switch from Test cricket to the Twenty20 format.
"Twenty20, people think it's all about swashbuckling cricket and keep hitting every ball for four or six but it's actually strategy, you got around 120 contests to think about. You got to try to beat the bowler as much as you can and you are trying to get a run of every ball and that is exactly what I'll try and do. Obviously in Test cricket you got to pick the right ball, but now I am back to T20 cricket and I am looking forward to continue scoring runs for Delhi.
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