Fans on Twitter reacted to reports that claimed David Warner is likely to captain Delhi Capitals in IPL 2023. They although liked the development but said that the franchise should’ve considered Prithvi Shaw as a skipper as he’s Indian and also has a fair amount of captaincy experience.
David Warner likely to captain Delhi Capitals in IPL 2023 – Reports
In what has been the latest development, as per the reports in Times of India (TOI), Australian opener David Warner is likely to captain Delhi Capitals in the IPL 2023. The development came after regular skipper Rishabh Pant injured himself in a road accident.
Pant on Friday (30th December) met with a tragic accident that saw him getting hospitalised. The southpaw was travelling from Delhi to Dehradun to surprise his mother and celebrate New Year together.
On his way home his car collided with the divider and caught fire. He was immediately taken out of the car and shifted to lock hospital before being referred to Max Hospital in Dehradun.
The keeper batter has suffered two lacerative wounds on his forehead along with a ligament tear in the knee and has also hurt his right wrist, ankle, and toe and has suffered abrasions on his back. He has been shifted to Mumbai, where he will undergo surgery for his knees.
Pant is likely to take at least take 3-6 months or more to recover from a ligament injury, which means that he is most likely to miss IPL 2023 as well. This will come as a major blow for DC as not only they will lose their captain but also a quality batter.
Warner, on the other hand, has a fair amount of captaincy experience as he led Sunrisers Hyderabad for a long time and led them to the title win in 2016. In the 62 matches that he captained the team, he won 35 out of them at a win percentage of 52.17.
Fans on Twitter react as David Warner likely to captain Delhi Capitals in IPL 2023 according to reports
As reports related to David Warner likely to captain Delhi Capitals in IPL 2023 hogged the headlines, fans on Twitter reacted to it. They feel that the franchise should’ve opted for Prithvi Shaw instead and gave mixed reactions. Here are some of them:
But Prithvi Shaw is also a good option
Advertisement— Rahul Sharma (@ImRahul07) January 5, 2023
Good option…. Can't wait for DC vs SRH contest https://t.co/o3nIFfBcSb
Advertisement— Deva (@way2sdeva) January 5, 2023
After Delhi missed Virat in first auction,
Then bought all U19 winning captains
Unmukt chand , prithvi shaw, and yash dhullAdvertisement— Vk (@riyazshaik_25) January 5, 2023
🚨Captain of delhi capital's David Warner.
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📸: gettyimages#DavidWarner #ipl2023 pic.twitter.com/GwWwYb4y2cAdvertisement— Edicric (@officialedicric) January 5, 2023
David Warner is coming back as a captain? 🧐#IPL #ipl2023 #DelhiCapitals
Advertisement— Aditya Chaudhry (@_hey_aditya) January 5, 2023
He deserved that 🥰 https://t.co/5h9Ju5J6zv
Advertisement— 2Legit2Quit (@_just_my_way) January 5, 2023
Better than #Rishabpant captaining #DelhiCapitals https://t.co/p9mJFMhfm6
Advertisement— EkHiSaza (@SarTanSeZuda) January 5, 2023
King shaw again robbed 🥲🥲 U wouldn't win the ipl this yr @DelhiCapitals https://t.co/x4KE1C1m1n
Advertisement— Starlord (@NotTheDarkBlade) January 5, 2023
If this happens, @PrithviShaw should move from Delhi franchise for the welfare of future. Definitely Punjab Kings owners should ask him. https://t.co/W5kbgZPx4p
Advertisement— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsCult) January 5, 2023
Fair enough 🫰🙌 https://t.co/zs5g5QlNOm
Advertisement— Mukesh Rajwal (@MukeshRajwal17) January 5, 2023
This is the time to promote Prithvi Shaw… Delhi should go with Shaw
Advertisement— Ajay Singh (@ajaytosingh) January 5, 2023
They Need a Indian captain… Like of Shaw axar Pandey
Advertisement— Siddharth Sidd Dash (@Debasis03937573) January 5, 2023
He is the most deserving person to lead Delhi capitals in the world absence of Pant..
Advertisement— Pinal (@bravo571) January 5, 2023
