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“Sarojini Nagar market level bargain”: Wasim Jaffer tweets hilariously on Delhi Capitals’ David Warner steal

Dixit Bhargav
|PublishedFeb 12, 2022

"Sarojini Nagar market level bargain": Wasim Jaffer tweets hilariously on Delhi Capitals' David Warner steal

SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLAND – MAY 25: David Warner of Australia looks toward the crowd after catching Jonny Bairstow of England during the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Warm Up match between England and Australia at Ageas Bowl on May 25, 2019 in Southampton, England. (Photo by Shaun Botterill/Getty Images)

Wasim Jaffer tweets hilariously on David Warner: The Australian batter will be playing for Delhi Capitals for the second time.

Indian Premier League franchise Delhi Capitals have acquired the services of Australia batter David Warner for Indian Premier League 2022.

Capitals, who couldn’t buy back former captain Shreyas Iyer, continued their active participation in the first round of marquee players by bidding for Warner among many other players.

Warner, 35, first allured a bid from DC today. It was after a brief pause that Chennai Super Kings challenged Delhi’s bid before Mumbai Indians also jumped into the contest.

It was Capitals’ tenacity regarding a former IPL-winning captain that witnessed them buying him for INR 6.25 crore. Much like his Australian teammate Pat Cummins, Warner will take part in IPL 2o22 with a salary cut. At Capitals, Warner will play under captain Rishabh Pant and head coach Ricky Ponting and open the batting alongside India batter Prithvi Shaw.

It is worth mentioning that Warner had made his IPL debut for Delhi (Daredevils, back in the day) more than a decade ago. In five seasons for the franchise between 2009-2013 before joining Sunrisers Hyderabad, Warner had scored 1,435 runs in 55 innings at an average and strike rate of 28.70 and 133.12 respectively.

An absolute IPL stalwart, Warner is the fifth-highest run-scorer in the IPL. Having scored 5,449 runs in 150 innings at an average and strike rate of 41.59 and 139.96 respectively, Warner is the highest IPL run-scorer among overseas players ahead of AB de Villiers (5,162), Chris Gayle (4,965) and Shane Watson (3,874).

Wasim Jaffer tweets hilariously on Delhi Capitals’ David Warner steal

Other than Warner, Capitals are yet to buy a player in IPL auction 2022.

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.