The Sunrisers captain scored just 57 from 55 balls before being caught by Ravindra Jadeja off Lungi Ngidi’s bowling in the 18th over
Sunrisers Hyderabad captain David Warner has blamed his own batting performance for his side’s seven-wicket defeat against Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League.
Despite bringing up both his 50th IPL half-century and his 10,000th career T20 run during the match, the Australian opener scored just 57 runs from 55 deliveries before being removed by Lungi Ngidi (caught Ravindra Jadeja) in the 18th over.
Sunrisers went on to post 171 for three but failed to defend their score, following strong batting performances from CSK openers Ruturaj Gaikwad (75 off 44 balls) and Faf du Plessis (56 off 38).
Commenting on his performance after the match, Warner said: "I take full responsibility. The way that I batted was obviously very slow. I was hitting a lot of fielders and [was] very, very frustrated.
"I felt [that with] Manish [Pandey] coming back into the team, the way that he batted was exceptional. And obviously Kane [Williamson] and Kedar [Jadhav] towards the back end there, they put some boundaries away and got us to a respectable total.
"I felt that we were probably just below par from where we were. But yeah look, at the end of the day, I'll take full responsibility."
Pinpointing what went wrong, he continued: "I hit probably 15 good shots to fielders, [as] simple as that. I can't do much about it. They're the ones that make or break your innings, I think.
"In the first six overs, I hit [to] the fielder four or five times. There was one guy on the leg side, I hit it straight to him with a full toss. It gets frustrating as a batsman when you're out there. But at the end of the day, I took too many balls."
Sunrisers are currently bottom of the table, picking up just one win - a nine-wicket thrashing of Punjab Kings – from their opening six matches. They face Rajasthan Royals on May 2.
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