David Warner snubs ex-Aus teammate Shane Watson, Yuvraj Singh in all-time IPL XI

Australian opening batsman David Warner is one of most prominent figures from his country in cash-rich Indian Premier League (IPL). left-hander joined Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 2014 and was appointed as ir captain in 2015. Nicknamed ‘ Reverend’, David Warner is only cricketer in history of tournament to win coveted Orange Cap on three occasions.

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SRH star David Warner excludes his ex-Australian teammate from his all-time IPL XI

David Warner was recently involved in an interview on Cricbuzz with Harsha Bhogle. In interview, attacking batsman was asked to name his all-time IPL XI. While cricketers like Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Mitchell Starc found mselves in David Warner’s XI, he chose to exclude likes of IPL veterans Yuvraj Singh, Shane Watson and Lasith Malinga.

David Warner’s all-time IPL XI

For starters, David Warner picked himself to open alongside Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma. Virat Kohli and Chennai Super Kings’ (CSK) veteran Suresh Raina come into bat at .3 and .4 spots respectively. Big-hitting all-rounders Hardik Pandya and Glenn Maxwell occupy .5 and .6 positions while wicketkeeper-batsman MS Dhoni comes into bat at .7. Mitchell Starc, Jasprit Bumrah, Ashish Nehra and any one of two between Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal makes up for tail.

Shane Watson and Yuvraj Singh's exclusions come as a surprise since former has been Warner's teammate at Australia and has also won IPL title and MVP award twice each respectively. On or hand, Yuvraj Singh was with SRH and played a crucial hand in team's only IPL title win in 2016.

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Yuvraj Singh and Shane Watson in IPL

One of masters of T20 format, Yuvraj Singh was part of Mumbai Indians line-up that won 2019 edition of IPL. In all, Yuvraj Singh has played 132 IPL matches across all seasons to score 2,750 runs and bag 36 wickets including two match-winning hat-tricks in 2009.

Meanwhile, David Warner’s ex-Australian teammate and current CSK star Shane Watson is ar impactful force in history of tournament. Watson has been a potent weapon in MS Dhoni’s arsenal in his star-studded CSK line-up since 2018. burly Australian was also adjudged as ‘Player of Match’ in CSK’s title clash of 2018 edition.

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