India coach Rahul Dravid stated there was extra to dismissing Australia’s David Warner on this week’s WTC ultimate than using the techniques England’s Stuart Broad used so efficiently through the 2019 Ashes. | file picture
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India coach Rahul Dravid stated on Monday there was extra to dismissing Australia’s David Warner on this week’s World Test Championship (WTC) ultimate than using the techniques England’s Stuart Broad used so efficiently through the 2019 Ashes.
Warner has been one of many excellent opening batsmen of his technology, with the 36-year-old having scored 8,158 runs at a mean of 45.57, together with 25 tons of, in 103 Tests.
But he heads into the WTC ultimate and ensuing five-match Ashes sequence with one century in his previous 32 innings and a mediocre file in England.
During the 2-2 drawn Ashes sequence in England 4 years in the past, he averaged beneath 10 and 7 instances fell sufferer to Broad, primarily bowling from across the wicket to the left-hander.
“He (Warner) is a class player. It’s not as simple as just turning up and bowling round the wicket and getting him out,” Dravid instructed reporters on the Oval forward of the showdown, which begins on Wednesday.
“He wouldn’t have played a hundred times if it was that simple.”
The former India batsman added: “There’s nowhere to hide any more, everyone has very similar information about each other. It’s just how you counter that.
“Every batsman can have areas they’re sturdy at and areas which are not most likely their strengths, and David has been very profitable.
“We know it’s a very important wicket to get early on.”
This is simply the second WTC ultimate with India having been crushed by New Zealand within the inaugural 2021 showpiece in Southampton.
Australia and India certified by coming first and second within the standings on the finish of a two-year Test cycle.
Dravid added: “It’s been two years of hard work to get here. It’s something you aspire to be in the top two teams so you get an opportunity to play this game.”
But this yr’s ultimate takes place against a backdrop of rising concern for the way forward for Test cricket.
The booming reputation of the Indian Premier League has sparked the expansion of a sequence of franchise Twenty20 competitions world wide, crowding out room within the calendar for the five-day sport in many countries.
“Every time you play for your country you always want to win, but I really hope it (the WTC) will encourage a lot more teams to potentially play a lot more Test cricket,” stated Dravid, a veteran of 164 Tests.
“I know it’s complicated, there are reasons why that’s probably not happening in terms of time and finances, but personally at least I’d like to see a lot more Test cricket being played.”
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