Australia opener David Warner was sacked from the SRH captaincy after leading the franchise in six games of IPL 2021. Moreover, he wasn’t really considered in the XI as well. Opening up about it, the left-handed batsman has said that it sent a wrong message to the youngsters in the side.
“If you are going to drop a captain and then not pick him in the team after what he has done, what message does that send to the young kids in the team? What message does that send to the rest of the group? What hurt me the most is that the other guys are now thinking, ‘oh, this could happen to me’," Warner said while speaking on Backstage with Boria..
The Australian batter further insisted that having conversations could have been a way.
“At the end of the day, whatever happens, cop it on the chin. If you want to have those conversations, just have them. It’s not hard. Don’t shy away from them. I am not going to bite. I am going to sit here and accept that for what it is because you are not picking me in the team,” he further added.
Interestingly, SRH had lifted the IPL title under Warner’s captaincy back in the 2016 edition. Warner had a great turn around after the series of disappointments as he emerged as the Player of the tournament in T20 World Cup 2021. Australia lifted the T20 World Cup for the first time.