Jaipur: The captain of Rajasthan Royals Shane Warne on Saturday disclosed that he had plans for dashing opening batsman Virender Sehwag as well as fast bowler Glenn McGrath when they take on Delhi Daredevils in their next IPL match.
"We have certain plans for Sehwag and also for McGrath. Veeru is a dangerous player and he tends to play more in point and cover region and we want to work out something on it," Warne said. Continue reading below
"McGrath is still the best fast bowler in world in my opinion. We will assign someone the task of taking him. He still is a miser. Not more than 29 runs have been taken off him. We hope to take 30 tomorrow off him," Warne said.
Warne said his team may have lost to the Delhi Daredevils in the last game but his side was better prepared this time around.
"Yes, we lost to them convincingly but much has happened thereafter. We have come a long way. It is another big day for us. One more great effort and we have half foot in the door to semifinal.
Delhi is under a must win situation so they might be under some pressure. Most of the teams realise that only few matches are left so all of them are coming hard. We expect Delhi also to come hard on us," the legendary leg spinner said.
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Warne said he was happy with the way his players have performed. "Yes I am happy with the position we are in. We are now looking for a revenge. We are not taking things lightly. Our success has raised expectations but we want to continue in the same fashion."
"Playing at home ground gives the feeling that we are in our own fortress. Our players like Shane Watson, Tanveer and Yousuf have adjusted and exploited the conditions well. The injuries of Dimitri Mascarenhas and Swapnil Anodkar are bit of a concern, we shall wait till tomorrow evening to take a call", Warne said.
Showing great satisfaction over his journey till now in IPL, Warne said he was feeling satisfied and not getting the Australian captaincy was not such a big issue.
"I have led my country in One-Day match and was also vice-captain. I was fortunate to have played under some great captains like Mark Taylor, Alan Border, Steve Waugh and Ricky Ponting. It had gone that way but I was fortunate to have led Hampshire as coach and captain. That gave me satisfaction and I enjoyed. I have my own style I love to out-think opposition. I play differently and want to be different. So far it has worked.
"I use brains to work out strategy. Computers make things complicated. I use brains," he said having a dig again at John Buchanan, the former Australian coach with whom he had a strained relationship.
