Australian opener David Warner will likely be main Delhi Capitals within the 2023 version of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in absence of an injured Rishabh Pant, reported ESPNCricinfo on Thursday. Head coach Ricky Ponting and the staff administration have reached an settlement that the Aussie star is one of the best man to guide the facet on an interim foundation as Pant progressively recovers after surviving a horrific automobile crash in December. With Pant dominated out for everything of 2023, the Capitals needed to look out for an interim skipper and Warner was a standout together with Axar Patel, who was the vice-captain in 2022.

This would be the second time Warner leads the Capitals. In his earlier stint with the franchise from 2009 and 2013, he led the facet in a few matches. The opener was purchased by Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2014 and in 2016, he led the facet to their maiden title.

In phrases of matches gained, Warner is the fifth joint-most profitable skipper. He has gained 35 out of 69 matches as a captain, misplaced 32 and tied two matches.

The load of captaincy additionally didn’t have an effect on Warner. He has 2,840 runs at a median of 47.33 and a strike charge of 142.28, with one century and 26 fifties as a captain. But a dip in his kind within the first half of the 2021 IPL compelled SRH to bench Warner and change him with Kane Williamson as a captain.

This led to a fallout between the staff and Warner and he was launched forward of the 2022 mega public sale. In the public sale, Capitals bagged him for Rs 6.25 crore. He emerged because the staff’s main run-scorer with 432 runs at a median of 48, a strike charge of 150.52 with 5 fifties.

Capitals missed out on a playoffs spot after a slender loss to Mumbai Indians of their must-win remaining league match. DC completed in fifth place within the factors desk with seven wins and 7 losses and a complete of 14 factors.

Warner lately struggled throughout the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in opposition to India and returned residence after injuring his elbow within the second Test at Delhi. Despite a dip in his red-ball kind, he nonetheless stays a powerful limited-overs batters and can be aiming to make use of his IPL expertise to assist his facet throughout the ICC Cricket World Cup, which will likely be held in India from October-November this 12 months.

DC will begin their IPL 2023 marketing campaign in opposition to Lucknow Super Giants from April 1 onwards.