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IPL helps domestic players in executing their skills better: KKR pacer Sandeep Warrier

Sep 12, 2020, 06:21PM ISTSource: TOI.in

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) pacer Sandeep Warrier has said that the Indian Premier League (IPL) helps in providing the Indian domestic players an exposure to execute their skills better in crunch situations. Warrier said, 'The main thing that we learn from each of them is how they treat the game. The way our Indian international players like Dinesh Karthik, Robin Uthappa or Shubman Gill prepare and treat the game, it's way different from what we see in domestic cricket. So, I think it's just the mindset that you can get from IPL or by playing a level higher than domestic cricket. That's all. Basically, it's figuring out how confident they are in executing their skills. If you are a domestic player, you may just hold yourself back and not be sure what you are doing. But one level up, even though they are not 100 percent sure, they will just go and execute it. This is the main difference I found. I played IPL after spending 55 matches (on the bench). So, for me it was not much of a pressure as I knew if I could execute my plans, I would be successful. And if I failed to execute, I needed to work more. That's all that I was thinking. So, last year was not much of a pressure as no one was expecting anything out of me. Let's see how it goes this year.'

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