Rating all captains of IPL 2020 in first two weeks

4. David Warner (Sunrisers Hyderabad)- 8

The 2016 IPL winning captain’s first week in the current edition was lukewarm. Warner’s first move which backfired was not opting for a batsman like Kane Williamson. Also, Marsh’s injury hindered the team’s balance which was not rectified by Warner against the Kolkata Knight Riders.

During the first week, in their very first game, the bowlers failed to break the opening partnership and the line and length were not up to the mark. Also, the middle order was not able to accelerate during the final phases of the inning against KKR, and 142 was never enough even for a good bowling attack like the SRH.

However, the second week witnessed the inclusion of Kane Williamson in the playing eleven and the foreign players were up to the mark this time, with Rashid Khan taking 3 wickets for 14 runs in his four overs.

When Abhishek Sharma was interviewed after a good partnership with Priyam Garg, he stated that David and the coaching staff give full freedom to the youngsters, which means the risk of having an inexperienced line up has somehow paid off and the credit does goes to Warner for trusting the youngsters. During their match against CSK, when an experienced Kumar was injured, he trusted Ahmed and je delivered. The Australian southpaw gets a rating of 8 for his captaincy.