IPL 2018: 3 reasons why Sunrisers Hyderabad will miss David Warner

Soon after Cricket Australia sanctioned a 12-month ban on Steven Smith as well as David Warner, Amitabh Choudhary, the acting secretary of the BCCI announced that both players were barred from playing in the 11th edition of the competition.

The Chairman of the competition Rajeev Shukla stated that both franchises will be given a chance to pick their suitable replacements. The decision is expected to have a severe impact on both teams as both players were expected to lead the side but now will find themselves away from the competition.

SRH owe Warner a great deal in the manner in which he transformed a good side into a title-winning bunch. His absence is bound to have an impact and here's look at a few reasons as to why he will be missed by the franchise:

---

#3 Electric in the field

One of the assets which David Warner brings to any side that he plays in is his ability to stop the runs in most parts of the ground.

The left-hander was almost a complete fielder, with the ability to slide across the ground and stop a boundary as well as pluck catches anywhere in the field.

While the SRH have had some good fielders in their ranks in past editions, Warner was one of the few who could have been relied upon to save runs as well as hold on to 90 percent of the catches that came his way.

It is an aspect on the field which the 2016 champions could find hard to replace.

#2 Will SRH be able to fill the void left by Warner the batsman?

The runs Warner got had a big bearing on the eventual result

641, 848, 562, 528 (latest edition to the oldest)

No, these are not the cumulative marks which my nephew has got in his final examinations. Instead, these are the runs that Warner made for SRH in the last four years.

In two of those editions, the left-hander clinched the Orange Cap while in 2016, he finished second only to Virat Kohli, who stacked up 973 runs for the Royal Challengers Bangalore that year.

The team management relied heavily on Warner to get them off to a good start and more often than not, he delivered the goods for the side.

In each of the four editions, he finished with a minimum strike-rate of 140 and that number is indicative of a player with the ability to take the game away from the opposition when on song.

Often, the foundation laid by Warner with Shikhar Dhawan at the top of the order played a significant role in the side either chasing the total down or setting an imposing target for the opposition.

Can the franchise find anyone who could come close to being as impactful with the bat as Warner was for them? We will find out soon.

#1 Warner the leader- irreplaceable?

Can SRH find a leader who was as good as Warner was?

The SRH's first participation in the IPL came in the 2013 edition where they made the Playoffs in the captaincy of Kumar Sangakkara during the initial stages of the competition and Cameron White in the latter half.

In 2014, the team fared poorly, finishing sixth in the table with Shikhar Dhawan at the helm and Darren Sammy serving as his deputy.

However, ahead of the 2015 edition, the management decided to appoint David Warner as the captain of the franchise and what a decision it proved to be.

In two out of three editions, Warner led the team into the Playoffs, winning the title in the 2016 edition.

One of the keys to Warner's leadership was the manner in which he performed with the bat and then rubbed off that performance into the rest of the side.

Kane Williamson, an international captain his own right, told Sportskeeda last year about the left-hander's ability to lead from the front and play aggressive knocks consistently was something the others cherished to do.

With just 10 days to go for the team's first match in the competition, they will need to find someone who can bring the leadership qualities that Warner did and have a similar impact on the rest of the troops in the franchise.