David Warner to Lead Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 2020
IPL 2020 Sunrisers Hyderabad captain – Sunrisers Hyderabad has given the captaincy back to David Warner who won them their second IPL title in 2016. From the 2015 to 2017 season, David Warner was the captain of Sunrisers Hyderabad. Now, once again, that faith has been bestowed upon the dangerous Aussie Opener.
David Warner has been the most successful batsman for the orange army since he joined the franchise in 2014. His debut season with Sunrisers Hyderbad was an impactful one. In that season, he scored 528 runs from just 14 matches with a strike rate of 140.80.
In the four seasons of the Indian Premier League, David Warner has scored 562, 848, 642, and 692 runs. In the seasons of 2015, 2017 and 2019, David Dangerous Warner won the orange cap which is supposed to be given for scoring most runs in a single season of the IPL.
IPL 2020 Sunrisers Hyderabad captain
Till now, David Warner has scored 4706 runs from 126 matches in the IPL. He is the fourth-highest run-scorer in the history of the Indian Premier League. Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, and Suresh Raina are the top three highest run-getters in the history of the Indian Premier League.
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As a captain, David Warner will have to face the four-time champions and the current defending champions, Mumbai Indians in their first encounter of the IPL 2020 season. This mouth-watering clash between the two IPL giants will be played on April 1st, 2020.
IPL 2020 Sunrisers Hyderabad captain – The only bad light for David Warner’s career came during the 2018 season where he was banned by his own board, Cricket Australia. He was banned for his involvement in the ball-tampering scandal which happened in Cape Town, South Africa.
Due to this saga, Cricket Australia banned David Warner from playing any form of cricket. This was also the reason why he was taken out of the captaincy that season. But still Sunrisers Hyderabad have given many match-winning performances throughout the IPL so far.
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Kane Williamson was an ideal replacement as the captain for the Sunrisers Hyderabad Team. Even when Warner returned after serving a ban for one year, he allowed the Kiwi Captain to continue as the SRH captain. Due to that, SRH reached the final of the 2018 season and in 2019, they reached the playoff stage.
IPL 2020 Sunrisers Hyderabad captain – In a video released by Sunrisers Hyderabad on their official Twitter handle, David Warner has been seen thanking the franchise team for giving him the captaincy responsibility once again. He said that he is thrilled to be back as a captain of the SRH team for the IPL 2020 season.
Warner also thanked Kane Williamson and Bhuvneshwar Kumar in that video message. He said that Bhuvi and Kane have done an outstanding job and will need their support and some insights for the upcoming 2020 season.
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