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Former Indian captain Virat Kohli has praised Australian batsman David Warner ahead of the World Test Championship (WTC) final starting on Wednesday at the Kennington Oval in London. In a video posted by the ICC, Virat called Warner an ‘impact player’ for Australia. He said that when Warner gets going, it is difficult to stop him as he does not commit too many mistakes.
The ICC Twitter handle wrote in the caption of this video, ‘Virat Kohli knows how much of an impact David Warner can make in a big match.’
“Impact player. When David gets going, he can take the game away from you very quickly. He’s someone you probably want to get out very quickly otherwise he can hurt you very quickly and consistently. It seems He has this zone that he gets into where he just starts hitting boundaries and doesn’t stop and he doesn’t make too many mistakes in that spot,” Kohli told the ICC.
He has always played impressive innings for Australia in all formats and test cricket as well as he has played some great innings for the Australian team and he is definitely a very dangerous player and you need to get rid of him soon. Added former Indian captain.
See what Virat Kohli said about David Warner…
Virat Kohli knows what an impact David Warner can make in a big match__#WTC23https://t.co/xTsNVc8mg1
– ICC (@ICC) June 7, 2023
The 36-year-old scored just 95 runs in five Tests at 9.5 during the 2019 Ashes tour and has struggled at times over the last two years, registering just one century – his epic 200 on Boxing Day last summer – and scores of 15 for 18 or less in 32 innings.
However, Warner was in action in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023, where he scored 516 runs in 14 matches. He averaged 36.86 and had a strike rate of 131.63 in the season. He hasn’t been in his best form but these runs will give him confidence ahead of a big final.
India’s squad for WTC final: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, KS Bharat (wicketkeeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Akshar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Mo. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat, Ishan Kishan (wk).
Standby Player: Suryakumar Yadav, Mukesh Kumar and Yashasvi Jaiswal
Australia squad for WTC final: Pat Cummins (c), Scott Boland, Alex Carey (wk), Cameron Green, Marcus Harris, Travis Head, Josh Inglis (wk), Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Todd Murphy, Michael Neser, Steve Smith (vc) Mitchell Starc, David Warner
Standby Player: Mitch Marsh, and Matthew Renshaw
