Former Australian attacking opener Adam Gilchrist has urged his country’s newest batting sensation David Warner to stay calm and remain unfazed by the burden of expectations to retain the explosive form he showed on debut.Warner blasted onto the international scene in the first Twenty20 International against South Africa, scoring a power-packed knock of 89 runs from just 43 balls.However, since that knock, Warner could not continue in the same vein and the Proteas nailed him cheaply in the second T20 game (7 runs) and his maiden ODI for only 5 runs.
With two dry innings, the pressure is increasing on the youngster to perform an encore, but Gilchrist, who played in a similar manner for Australia at top of the order, has advised the 22-year old Warner to maintain his cool and avoid the hype.“Don't put too much pressure on yourself, I always felt that pressure came from within; it is not a matter of the headlines or the air time that you received,” Gilchrist told the Sky News."So for him to relax and try to stay true to the processes he normally goes through and the results will come again eventually," Gilchrist said.However, the former wicketkeeper lauded Warner's effort in his debut match."Obviously that initial knock of his of 80-odd off 40 balls was very exciting. I was there watching it and I loved it,” he added.
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