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India are down and out: Warner

By Tim Clarke
13 January 2012 10:17PM EST

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DAVID Warner believes Australia has already delivered the knockout blow to the shambolic Indians, after his 69-ball century propelled him and his team towards a crushing series win.

Warner’s solo effort was the fourth quickest Test ton of all time, the fastest ever by an opener, and put Australia in a crushingly positive position against an opponent who he feels have already conceded defeat.

In comments as abrasive and attacking as his batting, Warner said the Indians were all but beaten – while also questioning where the next generation of Indian cricket was coming from who could challenge away from home.

“In my mind I think they are bowled over already. The challenge I see for them is how they can play outside of India,” Warner said.

“When those (older) guys retire in a couple of years, where is their cricket going to be at with their youngsters coming through?

“They are going to have to find a way to come out here and work hard on green wickets aswell.

“Time will tell if we win 4-0 or if we win 3-0.”

Warner’s amazing innings took Australia within 12 runs of India’s 161 total, and set up the Australians for another massive win after the huge innings victory in Sydney.

Even the Twenty20 specialist admitted he could not believe how quickly his innings progressed, reaching 50 off 36 balls and then accelerating.

“I looked at my strike rate and said 'This it ain’t Test cricket', this is something different,” Warner said.

"But it was just batting."

The only way it seemed Warner would be stopped was when he was felled by a Umesh Yadav bouncer while on 80 – but after a long delay he bounced back to hit two immediate boundaries to continue the carnage.

“You don’t ever really want to go off for anything, the physio said if I had any blurred vision or anything I should go off, but I was fine,” Warner said.

“Just a bit shaken up, and I have got to try and keep my eye on the ball … I have got a nice golf ball at the back of my ear, but I am fine.”

An on-field exchange with Ishant Sharma and Virat Kohli also fired up Warner – with the 25-year-old telling his opponents he intends to increase the pain if and when he tours India.

“There was a bit of banter … Virat was saying to us about our averages, but when you go to India it is going to be a different story,” Warner revealed.

“I said to him we would average an extra ten over there because the wickets here are a bit lively, and over there they are a bit flat.”

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