'He is finished': Fans' savage reaction to David Warner moment
Aussie opener David Warner has been knocked over for a duck after finally returning to the Sunrisers Hyderabad's starting XI in his team's Indian Premier League (IPL) loss.
Warner returned to the Hyderabad's starting line-up against the Delhi Capitals to open with Wriddhiman Saha in a move that surprised many.
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But, only hours before the first ball was bowled, Hyderabad fast bowler Thangarasu Natarajan tested positive for Covid-19 and was put in isolation.
The team were also without allrounder Vijay Shankar, who was identified as a close contact of Natarajan.
Following the disruptive start Warner couldn't turn his team's fortunes around as he fell cheaply for a third ball duck.
With New Zealand star Kane Williamson also struggling for form, Hyderabad were limited to 9-134 thanks largely to some fine pace bowling from Delhi's two South African pacemen Anrich Nortje and Kagiso Rabada.
Fans were ruthless on Warner's chances of remaining at Hyderabad with many calling for Englishman Jason Roy to take his spot at the top of the order.
Some critics went further and called into question his role in the Australian team for the upcoming T20 World Cup.
David Warner falls for a third-ball duck. Will Australia stick with Finch and Warner at the top or will Wade open with Finch? Australia's batting concerns are mounting #IPL2021 #T20WorldCup
— Ayan (@ayan_acharya13) September 22, 2021
one thing for sure this is the last season of David Warner with SRH #DCvSRH
— Vimal Rawat 🇮🇳 (@BenStokesfan55) September 22, 2021
Will somebody please explain to me why @SunRisers are playing David Warner over Jason Roy?
I’m baffled🤯🤯 #IPL2021— Dan Bartlett (@dan1bartlett) September 22, 2021
Easy win for Delhi Daredevils. Sunrisers Hyderabad need to drop David Warner and Kedar Jadav for sure. Continuous no performance from these 2 has cost too much for the Orange caps.#DCvsSRH
— Billi'Am Shakespeare (@Billiam_Shake) September 22, 2021
Sadly David warner is finished
— ഗോപാലകൃഷ്ണൻ (@crazygopalaan) September 22, 2021
Get Jason Roy in place of David Warner from the next match.#SRHvDC
— Name nhi bataunga 🇮🇳 (@kyakarogeyjankr) September 22, 2021
Feel bad for David Warner 😒 #DavidWarner #SRHvsDC
— Alizha (@Itsme_Alizha) September 22, 2021
SRH's ranking and today's performance shows how badly they are dependent on Warner's form. Warner just had a tough phase, Come back soon champ🙌🏻 #DCvSRH #SRHvsDC #DavidWarner #IPL2021 #IPL #SRH
— Nilesh Gadhavi 🇮🇳 (@NSGadhavi) September 22, 2021
This run is not expected from two great cricketers like David Warner and Kane Williamson. https://t.co/LAiTmHNMXm
— Soumya Mondal (@soumyam9091) September 22, 2021
No disrespect to David Warner, but looks like SRH should start giving more chances to Jason Roy. @JasonRoy20 #IPL2021 #DCvSRH
— Ram Adusumilli (@adusumilli_ram) September 22, 2021
David Warner's woes contribute to Hyderabad loss
Rabada (3-37), who earlier had removed Wriddhiman Saha inside the batting powerplay, restricted Hyderabad to a below-par total with the wickets of Manish Pandey (17) and Abdul Samad (28).
In reply, Shreyas Iyer (47 not out) and captain Rishabh Pant (35 not out) led the run-chase with a clinical unbroken 67-run stand as Delhi went atop the leaderboard with 14 points by reaching 2-139 in 17.5 overs.
"Our bowlers did a pretty good job to restrict them," Pant said.
"We have one of the quickest bowlers in the world (and) I'm pretty happy as the skipper."
Shreyas raised the victory by hammering West Indies fast bowler Jason Holder to long-on boundary for six to hand Hyderabad their seventh loss in the tournament.
Shikhar Dhawan, who was left out by India for next month's Twenty20 World Cup, continued his rich form in this season's IPL by scoring 42 off 37 balls.
with AAP
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