IPL 2023: Gavaskar & Sehwag blast David Warner for slow strike rate vs Rajasthan Royals

Former Indian cricketers Sunil Gavaskar and Virender Sehwag were critical of Delhi Capitals' skipper David Warner's batting performance against Rajasthan Royals as the team failed to chase a target of 200 in IPL 2023.

Warner scored 65 runs for Delhi on the night, but at a strike rate of just a little over 118.

“I feel it is time that we tell him in English now so that Warner listens to it and feels hurt. David, if you are listening, please play well. Score 50 in 25 balls. Learn from Jaiswal, he hit his fifty in 25 balls. If you cannot do that, do not come and play in the IPL,” Sehwag said.

Gavaskar too added his opinion on Warner's slow innings.

“If you are dismissed for 8 off 8, one can say okay he couldn’t find that rhythm. But you are the captain here, you have that experience. Warner was the fastest to 6000 IPL runs so you can never imagine him playing these knocks. David Warner would have been retired hurt by Delhi Capitals if he was not their captain. If this was a young Indian player, his tournament would have been over. It would have been his last match. Warner has to take responsibility for this loss,” Gavaskar said.

David Warner is currently in the race to win the organge cap in IPL 2023. He has so far scored 158 runs from 3 games but has a poor strike rate of 117. Morever, Delhi has lost all of those 3 games.

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