Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) had a terrible Indian Premier League (IPL 2021) as they were languishing at the bottom of the points table with only one win to their name in 7 matches played when the tournament was postponed.

Mid-way into the tournament, SRH decided to sack David Warner as skipper and appointed Kane Williamson to lead the side.

While a lot of experts felt Warner’s captaincy was to blame for their poor performance, former India skipper Sunil Gavaskar felt the Hyderabad-based franchise should reconsider their decision of dropping the Aussie opener before the suspension of the league.

“Hyderabad will get time to think about their decision to not just sack David Warner as the captain but even to drop him from the playing XI. Warner was getting runs but not in the same assertive manner of earlier years,” Gavaskar told Sportstar.

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“Still, with little support from the others, those runs were precious. Yet, he was left out of the playing XI, which was strange. Without the cares of captaincy, he could have been the galvanizing batsman that the team needed,” he added.

The former India batsman then asked if the coaches can be sacked mid-way in the tournament if the captains can be changed.

“While the rights and wrongs of dropping him as captain could well be debated for long, the question that needs to be asked is if captains can be changed midway, why can’t coaches be treated the same,” the 71-year-old said.

“In football, the moment a team starts faltering, it’s the manager who is shown the exit door, so why not in cricket too,” he asked.

(With Sportstar inputs)