Warner puts onus on young blood

Dubai, Sept. 20: Sunrisers Hyderabad captain David Warner is hoping the team’s young recruits “translate their talent into performance” in the 13th IPL and said gaining early momentum would do themselves a world of good.

The Sunrisers open their campaign in the 13th IPL with a game against the Virat Kohli- led Royal Challengers Bangalore on Monday, and Warner’s message to his team is to go out and play freely without worrying too much about the result.

“We will try our best for that and if it doesn’t happen, will re- work our strategies and hope to go the distance in the IPL,” Warner said during a virtual media interaction.

“Every team has a perfect mix of world- class overseas players and quality Indian players. Ours is a pretty good balanced side in all departments.

“The boys have to just go out there and have fun, not take it too seriously. Like if you get angry you will tend to repeat the mistakes.”

Warner also spoke about the team’s youngsters.

“Yes, it is good to have a lot of youngsters in the middle- order. They bring a lot of enthusiasm and show the right kind of attitude, too. I hope they translate their talent into performances.”

The Australian is happy to have the presence of experienced campaigners such as Kane Williamson in the Sunrisers ranks.

“We have plenty of experience with the likes of Kane, ( Jonny) Bairstow, Vijay Shankar to name a few. We got a job on our hand for sure,” he said.

Speaking about his opening partner Bairstow, Warner said, “We know when to take those calculated risks and it is time to go this year again.”