IPL 2019: 3 stars who could miss the tournament due to injury

#1 David Warner

David Warner

David Warner, unarguably one of the finest performers in the history of the IPL, also looks set to miss the IPL as he gears up for his international comeback. He has sustained an oddly similar elbow injury to Steven Smith, the other member of the Australian team that was serving a one-year ban following the ball-tampering scandal in South Africa in early 2018.

Warner too picked up this injury while playing in the Bangladesh Premier League. Like Smith, Warner had also been instrumental to the team's success in the period preceding his ban, and Australia would be hoping that he fashions a turnaround in the World Cup and in the Ashes.

While Warner has almost single-handedly carried the Sunrisers Hyderabad to success in previous editions, last season they did show that they could win without him by making it to the final. With the chances of Warner's participation in the IPL looking bleak, it seems that they will have to do the same again.

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