DAVID WARNER (SRH)
Though David Warner’s record for IPL 2021 shows he made 193 runs in 5 matches for the SRH team with two half-centuries and a best of 57; the whole story seemed to be completely different.
Warner, who had been a lynchpin of the SRH team for a long time and even captained them to the IPL 2016 title win, has been amongst runs since then making 848, 641, and 692 runs in IPL 2016, 2017, and 2019 seasons and clocking 548 runs in IPL 2020 as well.
The most striking feature about his struggles with the bat was that his runs in IPL 2021 came at a strike rate of just 110.28, which is well below his overall IPL strike rate of 140.13 and his T20 career strike rate of 140.80.
However, the IPL 2021 proved to be a nightmare for Warner, not only as a batsman but as a captain as well, as SRH were at the bottom of the points table when IPL 2021 was suspended with one win from 7 matches.
This even led to SRH removing him from captaincy and handing over the reins to Kane Williamson.
But it can be said that David Warner has one of the most disappointing seasons in IPL 2021 and many expect this to be his last outing with the Sunrisers Hyderabad franchise, given the way he was ousted from the leadership position.
