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IPL 2022: When Virender Sehwag taught David Warner 'a lesson' at Delhi Daredevils
David Warner of Delhi Capitals. (Photo credit: PTI)
- David Warner started off his IPL career with the Delhi Daredevils in 2009
- The 35-year-old has won the orange cap three times and is the highest run-scorer in the IPL amongst foreign player
- He has 5805 IPL runs in 158 games at 42.37
David Warner started off his IPL career with the Delhi Daredevils in 2009. India legend Virender Sehwag was the captain of the team then. In the first two seasons for the 2020 finalists, the Aussie played seven and 11 games, scoring 163 and 282 runs respectively.
Since then, Warner has come a long way. The 35-year-old has won the orange cap three times and is the highest run-scorer in the IPL amongst foreign player - 5805 in 158 games at 42.37 and strike rate of over 140. He has scored four centuries and 53 fifties.
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Warner was retained by Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2022, a side that he served since 2013 and helped winning a title in 2016. He was bought by the Delhi Capitals for Rs 6.25 crore.
In 2022, Warner has scored 356 runs at an average of 59.33 with a strike-rate of 156.82 to be DC's top-scorer. On Thursday, against the Sunrisers Hyderabad, the Aussie smashed a 58-ball 92 and was named as the player of the match. He will be in action when the Delhi Capitals take on the Chennai Super Kings on Sunday.
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Former India and Delhi Daredevils opener Sehwag opened about the way Warner was a 'party-man' in his early days.
"I have also vented out my frustrations on a couple of players and David Warner was one of them. Because when he had just joined Delhi franchise, the way he used to travel, he believed in parties more than in practice or matches. In the first year, he had a fight with a few players. So, we sent him back home for the last two matches. So, sometimes it happens that you keep someone out to teach them a lesson," Sehwag told Cricbuzz.
The player has grown immesely since. Sehwag said that the team benched Warner to team him a lesson.
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"He was new, so it was important to show him that you are not more important than the team, there are others too who can play in your place win matches for the side. And that's what happened. We kept him out of the team and won as well. It was not like only one player can win you matches. So, to teach a player a lesson, sometimes you can keep him out of the team too."