'Kane Williamson deserves better than this' - Twitter unhappy with SRH reappointing David Warner as captain

Sunrisers Hyderabad franchise has named their captain for the upcoming IPL 2020 season, as they decided to replace Kane Williamson with David Warner. Williamson had led the franchise to the finals of the league in 2018 when Warner was banned due to his role in the ball-tampering scandal and continued to lead when Warner came back in 2019.

However, Warner is the captain which had led the SRH to the title in 2016 edition, while ending up as the second-highest run-getter in the season as well, behind Virat Kohli. He was named captain of the team in 2014 and led with gusto till 2017. Warner scored 692 runs in 12 matches in IPL 2019 with one century and eight half-centuries to his name with a strike rate of 143.86.

Meanwhile, Kane Williamson struggled with a shoulder niggle in the 2019 season and managed to play just 9 games, scoring 156 runs. However, he had a bumper IPL 2018, scoring 735 runs in 17 matches with eight half-centuries. It seems the team management feels that with Warner back in stride and England’s Jonny Bairstow opening with him, it will be hard to find a place for Williamson in the playing XI given that only four foreign players are allowed.

David Warner is expected to play the full season

David Warner is expected to play the full season and the decision to make him captain once again makes sense; especially given the red-hot form he is in with the bat. He recently scored 67* and 57 in the two T20Is against South Africa, a series that Australia won 2-1 with ease. However, the decision to make him captain has not gone down well with the SRH fan base.

It seems that the fans of the franchise feel that Kane Williamson had done a good job in Warner’s absence and should have continued as the skipper of the SRH team, even if Warner came back. The way the Australian southpaw batted when he wasn’t the captain in IPL 2019 was amazing as he ripped apart all bowling attacks with ease and formed a deadly opening partnership with Bairstow, who was retained by the franchise.

The fans vented out their frustration on Twitter after Warner announced that he will be leading the Sunrisers Hyderabad team in IPL 2020.

Here are some of the tweets:

Kinda expected this..So Kane will be benched like previous seasons… and this franchise won't even release him.. why do I even bother with IPL anymore..🤦 https://t.co/R6fc0fXcQw

— Dreamer22 (@Dreamer68698214) February 27, 2020

Dear SRH please release Kane from your squad before next IPL auction. 🙏#IPL2020 https://t.co/Nmd9JFescn

— Aliya Akram (@aliyaakram_) February 27, 2020

So Williamson wont be permanent member in the team they gonna play Mitch Marsh or Nabi for stronger middle order https://t.co/Ord8faguhR

— Sai (@akakrcb6) February 27, 2020

They really replaced Kane with this guy huh 🙄. Atleast release Kane for the next auction. He deserves waay better than this. https://t.co/mYDx7zjfsd

— Priyadarshini (@priyadar_shini) February 27, 2020

Still you gotta feel for Kane , he's been marvelous throughout and still had to sit on bench #OrangeArmy https://t.co/UynY2GJfhB

— ट्वीट वाले चच्चा 🔱 (@AghoriKaps) February 27, 2020

#SRH fan base if Kane Williamson leaves @SunRisers team 😂😂

You won't know world's best captain & phenomenal player like Kane value when he is in your team

You know his real value when he playing as your opposition captain

Waiting for that day eagerly 😃#IPL #IPL2020 pic.twitter.com/GH32uXKse2

— Captain Kane (@SteadyTheShip) February 27, 2020

Not done SRH #kanewilliamson is a much better captain then warner.
Kane played very well for srh in absence of warner
Kane should be the captain

— @UrstrulyYashu (@Yashwan87174380) February 27, 2020

A bit harsh on #KaneWilliamson. He did a fabulous job last season, took his team to the top four and missed the semi-final berth by a whisker. With @davidwarner31 back at the helm, Kane's position in the team even as a batsman is not guaranteed now. #IPL2020 https://t.co/lZEmaV9Uv1

— Janardhan Koushik (@koushiktweets) February 27, 2020

We want kane captaincy

— Prashanth Tarak (@proudNTRfan) February 27, 2020