Written by: Dip Rajbahak - 2022008, Grade X
Posted on: 14 September, 2020
David Warner is one of the most destructive openers across in every format. He was born on 27 October 1986. He is an Australian Left Handed Opening batsman. His IPL debut was with Delhi Daredevils in 2009. After that, he joined Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2014. He scored his first century against Kolkota Knight Riders in 2010. Till now Warner has scored 4 centuries in his IPL career. He is the only batsman to win 3 times an orange cap in IPL history. He holds the record for the most runs by an overseas player (4706), most half-centuries (44), and the highest individual score by a captain (126).
Under Warner’s captaincy, Sunrisers Hyderabad won their maiden IPL trophy in 2016 where Warner scored 9 half-centuries and 848 runs in a season. He was the 2nd most runs scorer in that season. Under Warner’s captaincy, SRH got victory upon Royal Challenger Banglore just by 8 runs in the final where Warner scored 69 runs but Ben Cutting was the man of the match in that final. He took a couple of wickets and scored 24 runs in the 19th over. Warner was the orange cap winner in 2015 and in 2017 he scored 562 and 641 runs.
Warner was banned by Australian Board by doing Baltempering in 2018 So, IPL didn’t allow him to play that season and they made captain to New Zealand’s Captain Kane Williamson as he was also part of the 2016 winning team and 2015 World Cup runner up team. Under Williamson’s captaincy, SRH went to the final but lost against Chennai Super Kings where Shane Watson scored a century in the final and won the game for his team. And SRH Captain was the Orange cap winner in that season. Warner returns superbly in 2019 as he scored a century against RCB along with England’s opener Johny Bairstow were both scored centuries in the same inning and he again became Orange cap winner in that season.
In 2020 SRH franchise again gave the captaincy to Warner and he would be again captaining SRH in this season and VC would be Kane Williamson.
