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18 Jan 2012, 06:23 pm
Summary
Australian expects famed Indian batting line-up to come out aggressively in Adealiade
Adelaide, Jan 18: David Warner, who batted India out of the third Test at the WACA with a blustery 180-run knock, has said that Sachin Tendulkar is the only in-form batsman in the current Indian line-up who has managed to negotiate the Australian pace-attack in the four-match Test series so far.
"There might be a lot of people in their [India’s] shed wondering how they're going to score runs," the Man-of-the-Match in the Perth Test was quoted as saying by the Australian Associated Press.
"In my mind there is probably only one player [in form] and that's Sachin Tendulkar who looks like he's using a sight screen when he comes out to bat,” the Australian opener said about Tendulkar who has reached the half-century mark twice and is the leading run-scorer for India so far in the series.
"But the other players, they're all world-class players. You look at the amount of runs they've got in the top six in their careers. It's phenomenal. We are expecting them to show some aggression in this next Test," the hard-hitting batsman observed.
Reiterating his skipper’s thoughts ahead of the fourth and final Test at Adelaide, Warner said, "As Michael Clarke said the other day after the game [in Perth], celebrate your win but at the end of the day we want to try and beat the second team in the world four-nil.”
“That's a massive thing for us at the moment. Our goal is to become number one again by the next Ashes in 2013. If we can keep working towards that, our goals will be achieved," he added.
On the exchange of words between him and Ishant Sharma at the WACA, the five-Test old Warner explained, “When you come to a series like Australia against India you're playing for your countries. The competition on the field is exactly what it is. We are all about playing for Australia, they are all about playing for India.”
"There is always be going to be a bit of banter on the field and then off the field you're going to be mates. That's the way it should be. You've got to be warriors on the field and saints off it," the 25-year-old added.



