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David Warner, in a talk show with Harsha Bhogle on Cricbuzz in Conversation, spoke about his partnership with SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) and England player Jonny Bairstow.

While the two are traditional rivals when it comes to playing for their home countries, but when it comes to SRH, the duo has put on a great show.

Aussie opener David Warner and England wicket-keeper Jonny Bairstow have scored 791 runs as an opening pair, which included four century stands.

“It was really bizarre because me and Jonny, we’ve never played with each other or against each other. We didn’t really know each other off the field. But as soon as we had the first net session and the first hit out, it was almost like we knew each other’s game so well. The best thing about our combination, that I knew deep down, was how fast we are between wickets,” Warner said.

He even recalled how he along with Bairstow had 'frustrated' the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) skipper Virat Kohli duo to their partnership.

“We just knew that if we bat the way we did in the first six - like we normally do - and then once the field goes out, we can pinch the odd one or two. If we can rotate the strike, it’s going to frustrate a lot of people. I look back at the RCB game, I think (there were) 21 or 22 twos (during the partnership). It was frustrating the crap out of Virat. When Virat went out to the field at midwicket, we were running twos to him. The thing is when you’ve got that instinct anyone can do that. When you’re batting so well with someone, and gel well, you can turn ones into twos quite easily.”

Warner believes that the IPL has bridged the gap between players. However, he added that though they are friends during the leagues, friendship ‘goes out of the window’ when they play for their respective countries.

“It’s one of those things where you go, ‘I don’t want to be friends with this person because we’re just against each other,” said Warner. 

“But in today’s environment, with IPL and all this franchise (cricket), there’s going to be a place and a time where you are going to be potentially playing with these people. You don’t really have the time anymore to not be friends. You have to be mates away from the game. That’s just how it is.”

“But when you walk out there and you’re representing your country, that (friendship) goes out of the window. It’s more of an ‘alright, you know we’re mates off the field but this is how we’re going to play’. That’s one thing that stands out with Virat especially. You see the passion that he has on the field and we love that. But you know you’re always going to get in the contest with him. And that’s the beauty of the game,” said Warner.