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‘Writing David Warner off was like poking a bear,’ says Aaron Finch

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Writing David Warner off was like poking a bear: Aaron Finch
Writing David Warner off was like poking a bear: Aaron Finch

Victorious Australia captain Aaron Finch says writing David Warner off at the start of the tournament was like “poking the bear” as the opener emerged ‘Player of the tournament’ with big knocks in semi-final and final.

The attacking left-hander scored 289 runs in the tournament after being unceremoniously dumped by his IPL side Sunrisers Hyderabad.

In the final, he scored 38-ball-53 and added 92 with ‘Player of the Match’ Mitchell Marsh, who remained unbeaten on 77 to guide Australia to its first ever T20 World Cup title.

“I can’t believe people wrote him off a couple of weeks ago. It was almost like poking the bear,” the skipper said at the post-match presentation ceremony.

“This is huge, to be the first Australia team to do it. So proud of how the guys went about the campaign,” Finch said .

He was all praise for his heroes Adam Zampa, who was brilliant with his leg breaks throughout the tourney and Marsh, who won the final for them.

“[Zampa] is ‘Player of the tournament’ for me. He controlled the game, got big wickets, super player. Mitch Marsh, what a way to start, put pressure on from the start. Matt Wade came in under an injury cloud and got the job done. He came in in the semi-final alongside Marcus Stoinis and did the business.”

He agreed that the team’s rhythm got better when they demolished Bangladesh.

Asked if Bangladesh game was the turning point, Finch replied,”Certainly it was. Our backs were against the wall. We had to fight and certainly did that, had some great team and individual performances.”

Former skipper Steve Smith also echoed his current captain’s sentiment about Warner.

“Warner’s last two weeks have been amazing. A lot of people were writing him off. He came in with exceptional intent and took the game away at the start.”

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