David Warner signs with Sylhet Sixers

Dixit Bhargav | 26/10/2018
David Warner signs with Sylhet Sixers

David Warner signs with Sylhet Sixers: The opening batsman from Australia has signed with another T20 franchise.

Australian opening batsman David Warner, who is currently nursing a 12-month ban from international cricket following the infamous ball tampering incident in Cape Town earlier this year, has signed with Sylhet Sixers for the imminent season of the BPL (Bangladesh Premier League).

Since his ban, Sixers will be the 31-year old Warner’s third T20 franchise. He had represented Winnipeg Hawks in the Global T20 Tournament in Canada and St Lucia Stars in the Caribbean Premier League earlier this year.

“I’m very excited to let you know that I’m now a Sixer. I can’t wait to be a part of the Sylhet Sixers family. See you soon!” Warner said in the video which was uploaded on the official Facebook page of the franchise. The tournament will start from January 5 to February 8.

In the 46 matches that Sixers ave played so far in the IPL, they have won 18 and lost 27. In their four appearances, only once have they qualified for the playoffs (2013), but are yet to open play a final of a tournament. With Warner in their squad now, you never know if their fortunes change this year.

In the 252 T20s that Warner has played in his more than decade-long career, he has scored 7,888 runs at an average of 35.21 and a strike rate of 142.40, including six centuries and 60 half-centuries.

In the 14 T20s that Warner has played this year, he has scored 316 runs at an average of 26.33 and a strike rate of 122.48, including a couple of half-centuries.

A prolific run-scorer in the IPL (Indian Premier League), Warner is likely to feature in the tournament this year for his year-long will ban by Cricket Australia will culminate in March.

Read some of the recent Twitter reactions on Warner below:

 

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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.

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