New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson has been named as the captain of Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) for Indian Premier League (IPL) 2018. Williamson will be replacing David Warner who has been banned by Cricket Australia (CA) for 12 months and also not allowed to play in IPL 2018 by Board of Control of Cricket in India (BCCI).
Williamson is the sixth captain of SRH. Kumar Sangakkara (2013), Cameron White (2013), Shikhar Dhawan (2013-14), Darren Sammy (2014), Warner (2015-17) were the previous five captains of the SRH side. Warner has been the most consistent captain of the side so far as he has led the side in 45 matches with a win percentage of 57.77.
Here’s the tweet announcing SRH as captain –
Kane Williamson has been appointed as captain of SunRisers Hyderabad for IPL 2018. pic.twitter.com/b5SMK8086U
— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) March 29, 2018
Here’s how fans reacted to Williamson’s appointment as captain –
Good decision bcoz captaincy can effect Dhawan’s batting. It happened once . We don’t want it again
— Vêñü (@iamvenu187) March 29, 2018
Yesssss HURRI-KANE WILLIAMSON to lead from Front
Great decision guys Dilkhush #OrangeArmy pic.twitter.com/FbSbUOCaHB— Navin #OrangeArmy (@Mister_Awesomee) March 29, 2018
Shows some respect for David Warner mentioning that . I am accepted to be as stand in captain for this year . This is called respect. Surely we gonna respect for Kane.
— Vêñü (@iamvenu187) March 29, 2018
I believe #KaneWilliamson will do the same thing, which #DavidWarner had been doing for SRH as a captain.
Williamson is the best choice for the captaincy in the current squad. #AllTheBest #BESTvsBEST— Abhideep Roy (@RoyAbhideep) March 29, 2018
I don’t sure we will the title this time but SRH is definitely go to the finals
— Viral_Cricket (@OrangeArmy_2018) March 29, 2018
— Cheesey (@cheeseybeaver) March 29, 2018
Thank you so much for choosing Kane as SRH’s new captain! Finally aaplog ne Hyderabadi ‘s ki baath toh suni.. but will surely miss @davidwarner31
— Jazia Firdous (@Jazia_Firdous) March 29, 2018
great job….now we have got the kiwi sensation kane williamson as the captain…..
now we are left to choose an ideal replacement for david warner….i say it should be martin guptill or luke ronchi#OrangeArmy #SunrisersHyderabad #vivoIPL— praneeth penumarty (@PPenumarty) March 29, 2018
Kane is better player than dhawan . He also had experience has a captain . So he is best choice for #SRH
— saiteja (@saiteja21862608) March 29, 2018
Williamson will be leading SRH for the first time. He was a consistent performer in the previous season with 256 runs from 7 matches at an average of 31.61 with the help of three half-centuries. This will be Williamson’s fourth season. Till now, he has played just 15 matches.
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Other contenders for the captaincy role were Dhawan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Wriddhiman Saha. SRH will be playing their first match against Rajasthan Royals on April 9.
