IPL 2023 - David Warner "Playing Against His Own Team": Harbhajan Singh, Ex India Stars Lambast DC Skipper

12.04.2023 - 12:17 sports.ndtv.com

David Warner scored his 58th half-century in the Indian Premier League (IPl) on Tuesday against Mumbai Indians. For the Delhi Capitals skipper, the half-century came in 43 balls and was his third fifty-plus score in IPL 2023.

However, it was not enough as DC lost its fourth match on the trot. Then, with MI needing in the 2 runs off the last one ball, Warner slightly miscued a throw as Tim David and Cameron Green completed two runs to seal MI's first win this season.

When asked in the post match presentation, if his throw could have been more accurate with DC wicketkeeper Abishek Porel needing to leap high to catch his high throw, Warner replied: "Timmy David was on the wrong side of it, so I tried to keep it at that height." However, India greats Harbhajan Singh and Virender Sehwag were not convinced. "With two needed of the last ball, he should have been standing close.

He was standing at the rope. He is scoring runs but these small factors should have been kept in mind," Sehwag said while commentating for official broadcasters Star Sports. "What's the point of scoring such runs.

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