Australian opener David Warner is all set to be named Delhi Capitals skipper for the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 season which will get underway on March 31. Warner will exchange Rishabh Pant on the helm for the reason that Indian wicketkeeper remains to be recovering from accidents suffered in a horrific automobile accident final 12 months in December.
According to ESPNcricinfo, head coach Ricky Ponting and the DC staff administration really feel that Warner may very well be the very best man for the job this 12 months, contemplating the truth that he has expertise of main an IPL franchise – Sunrisers Hyderabad – to the title prior to now.
With Pant dominated out for many of 2023, DC had the choice to decide on between Warner and their vice-captain Axar Patel they usually selected the previous. This would be the second time Warner will lead Capitals, having been the interim captain for a few matches over the past 12 months of his first stint with the franchise between 2009 and 2013 (Delhi Daredevils again then).
The Aussie opener, who has returned to India to hitch the Australian ODI aspect after lacking the final two Tests because of elbow harm, was purchased by Sunrirsers Hyderabad in 2014 and appointed the captain a 12 months later. In 2016, Warner took SRH to the IPL title.
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He is the joint-fifth most profitable captain, by way of matches gained – in 69 matches, Warner’s groups gained 35, misplaced 32, and tied two matches. As a skipper, Warner has scored 2840 runs at a mean of 47.33 and a strike fee of 142.28 with one century and 26 fifties.
Warner was launched by SRH forward of the IPL 2022 mega public sale, the place DC purchased him for Rs 6.25 crore. The Aussie southpaw was the main run-maker for the Capitals in IPL 2022 scoring 432 runs at a mean of 48 and a wholesome strike fee of 150.52 together with 5 half-centuries. The Capitals, although, narrowly missed making the play-offs after a heart-breaking loss in a must-win last league match in opposition to the Mumbai Indians.
Overall, Warner has scored 5,881 in 162 IPL matches until date at a superb common of 42.01 and a strike-rate of 140.69 with 4 tons of and 55 fifties. In IPL 2023, Warner might change into simply the second batter to attain 6,000 runs in IPL after Royal Challengers Bangalore’s Virat Kohli.
The Capitals will start their marketing campaign in IPL 2023 with a conflict in opposition to KL Rahul’s Lucknow Super Giants in Lucknow on April 1. Their first residence recreation can be in opposition to the IPL defending champions Gujarat Titans on April 4.
