Looks horrible, have to give credit to curators - David Warner on Chepauk pitch

Despite winning the game against Punjab Kings comfortably by nine wickets here at the MA Chidambaram Stadium Sunrisers Hyderabad skipper David Warner has branded the pitch horribleWarnerled side registered their first win of the 2021 IPL season in the fourth match in Chennai The Australian criticised the surface but added that its not the curators fault as a lot of cricket has been played at the venueThe ground played host to the first two Test matches in February during the England tour followed by the initial leg of the ongoing IPLTo be honest its shocking It looks horrible on TV but you have to give credit to the curators They have had a lot of cricket here so its very very difficult for them to get this wicket up and about Since Ive started playing in Chennai its always been there but its very difficult for them Warner said in the virtual postmatch press conferenceIts not their curators fault that the wicket is like this You had the Indian Test series against England and the same thing in Australia we had a lot of games on the same pitches so the curators have got a very difficult job As players we know what we have to do there are no excuses Its not ideal but at the end of the day we are grateful to go out there and play on these wickets because its very challenging for them they dont have any rest We have to be professionals and adapt he addedA dominating bowling effort from Khaleel Ahmed and Abhishek Sharma had helped SRH restrict Punjab Kings to a paltry 120 in 194 overs In response SRH 1211 chased down the target with eight balls to spare thanks to a fine batting performance by Jonny Bairstow that left Punjab Kings gasping for breathWhen asked about his runaball knock of 37 runs Warner said Our thinking was just to try get a right balance We had the time to get used to this wicket For us its coming out and being positive and find the right balance in our team Today it worked bowlers bowled fantastic and batters did the job I have said this since the start if you have one or two batsmen at the end you should be winning most gamesWarner also indicated that pacer T Natarajan could be out for a prolonged period of time A knee injury has seen the leftarmer miss SRHs last two games with Khaleel Ahmed filling in and the stringent biobubble rules have only made it harder for him to step out and have scansHe obviously has a sore knee Given the circumstances in these bubbles if he goes and gets a scan he obviously has to sit out for 7 days and get back into quarantine so we are just monitoring at the moment The physios are doing their best to analyse but he obviously has to have a scan at some point Warner saidSRH will next play against Delhi Capitals on SundayThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever