Australia's David Warner finds the cricket environment in India challenging for the foreign teams and he loves it. Being an underdog on the India tour motivates him to do well.
Talking to Rohit Sharma on Instagram Live, Warner said, "I love playing in India against India because you know everyone is against you and it's the hardest condition of playing for us. It's like when you guys come here, it's hard to get used to the condition. So, you have almost got this more motivation to succeed.
"You are not meant to win that series when you go to an opposition country, you are the underdog. You are prepared to put a good battle but when you win those that means so much more."
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Warner, who was named as Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) captain earlier this year, reminded Rohit that he had picked a hat-trick against Mumbai Indians (MI) in 2009. Sharma, the current MI captain still can't digest he did that.
"I can't believe that man, I seriously can't believe that I took a hat-trick against MI while I was playing for Hyderabad (Deccan Chargers). I don't even remember how I used to bowl then, I got a finger injury and after that, I could not grip the ball properly and these days it's better to stay away from bowling."
"If I think of it now, it's quite embarrassing that I took a hat-trick. They were decent batters as well, first one was JP Duminy, the second one was Abhishek Nayar and the third one was Harbhajan Singh (the original order being Nayar, Harbhajan, and Duminy). I was pretty sure that he underestimated me, he just wanted to come and swing the bat, clean bowled," Rohit recalled.
Warner continued the conversation and added that he himself couldn't believe it. "It surprised me and I thought I can't remember the last time he ever bowled."
Rohit and Warner, the openers who did well in World Cup 2019, talked about the problem they face in reading a bowler's hand.
"Coaches says please watch its hand. It's not easy to read the hands. They release the ball within seconds and bowlers these days are very smart, they don't try to release the ball with the same except in the Test matches but in limited-overs, they don't. In nets, we try figuring out the fingers of the off-spinners, wrists of the leg-spinners but it's tough. The textbook says you have to watch the bowlers' hand but it's not so easy man, especially guys like Rashid Khan, they are so fast," Rohit said.
Warner added, "A lot of people don't realize that we can't go there and hit every ball for six. We are not Hardik Pandya or Andre Russell."
