'We will use Dale but Trent is just ahead of him'
'Every batsman knows he has to be versatile'
Not undermining Dale Steyn's ability with the ball, Sunrisers Hyderabad captain David Warner said he wishes to continue with New Zealand speedster Trent Boult in the playing XI before he turns to the South African pacer's services in IPL-8.
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Boult, who was just behind leading-wicket taker Mitchell Starc in the recently concluded ICC World Cup, bagged 3 wickets in the team's 8-wicket win against hosts Royal Challengers Bangalore, on Monday.
"Trent Boult was the best bowler after Mitchell Starc in the World Cup. The condition suited him here and suited him in the last game. We just feel Trent is just ahead of Dale. We will definitely use Dale in the tournament ... At the moment Trent is going fantastic so Dale just misses out," Warner said.
Warner lauded his bowlers, who restricted RCB to under 170.
"The bowling was really good. I felt our bowlers used the conditions well early on to swing the ball. We gave away in the middle overs -- Karn Sharma bowled really well, PK (Praveen Kumar) did well too. Ravi (Bopara) got at couple of good wickets," he said.
Asked whether the wicket was difficult to bat on or they made it look easy, Warner said, "The way they (RCB) bowled allowed us to play the way we did. We bowled the right line and length," he added.
The conversation then veered to the Chennai Super Kings match, which Hyderabad had lost.
"In Chennai, we felt we did not bowl well at the start. We bowled a lot of extras. Their bowlers adapted better than we did. We got smashed," he said.
Asked what caused the bowling turnaround against RCB, Warner said: "We talked about adapting to conditions as fast as we could. In Chennai we didn't bowl many slower bowls. Unfortunately we let ourselves down by bowling an extra over with six wides and a couple of no balls -- especially when Dhoni and McCullum coming at you so hard," he said.
On shuffling Kane Williamson, Warne said, "Every batsman knows he has to be versatile whichever position he is asked to play. We sent Kane down the order the other day because we had a chase on."
