David Warner will have point to prove in IPL, says Shane Watson

Former Australia allrounder and assistant coach of Delhi Capitals Shane Watson says the teams new captain David Warner will have a point to prove in the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League starting on March 31Warner who joined Delhi Capitals ahead of the 2022 season has been named captain for IPL 2023 due to Rishabh Pant being ruled out following a horrific car accident in December last yearWarner has captained Delhi franchise in the past the then Delhi Daredevils and has had a successful run as a skipper in IPL with the Sunrisers Hyderabad leading them to their only title win in the 2016 editionWarner had an overall successful stint with SRH but his poor form with the bat and his subsequent fallout with the team management was followed by an undignified exit in the 2021 seasonThe leading runscorer among all overseas players with 5881 runs Warner was removed as captain and was also benched permanently by the franchise and eventually released ahead of the 2022 mega auctionHe also endured a poor tour of India recently failing with the bat in the two Tests at Nagpur and Delhi and scoring 23 in the only ODI he played post recovery from a hairline fracture to his left elbowDavid Warner for me is just at the top of the order Hes going to continue to have a point to prove and everyones going to be like riding off the back of him Hes always scored so many runs in the IPL And to be an opening batter and set the platform like he does is going to be very important Watson told Star SportsThe former Australia vicecaptain Watson backed Mitchell Marsh to continue with his devastating form with the bat that he displayed in the ODI series win for Australia against IndiaFor Mitchell Marsh this is going to be another really big season for him Hes got incredible skill with the bat alone and how hes batting and takes the game on is going to play a really big part Watson saidWatson picked South Africas Rilee Rossouw as the trump card for Delhi Capitals in IPL 2023Well one in particular is Rilee Rossouw hes someone you know Ive played with him in the Pakistan Super League for Quetta Gladiators And to see how he has come back into international cricket and hes a world class hitter of the ballHe can take down any bowler at any stage in any conditions So if he gets on a roll he can just take the game away from the opposition he explainedThe Delhi Capitals assistant coach said his side has got allround cover for the upcoming seasonAlso readTATA IPL 2023 Full list of commentators in the Indian Premier LeagueTheres a lot of very talented players Weve got some youngsters with the ball fast bowlers weve got Kamlesh Nagarkoti and Chetan Sakariya And then weve got our spinners as well like Axar Patel and Kuldeep YadavThose two guys to be able to have world class spinners bowling especially through the middle to be able to try and get wickets and also keep the runs down thats so critically important he saidWatson backed the pair of Patel and Kuldeep to take advantage of a spinfriendly pitch in their homegroundFor sure Delhis normally conventionally a lower turning sort of wicket and weve got the bowlers to exploit that with our spinners alone With Axar and also Kuldeep Yadav but also with the batters that weve got can really make the most of those conditions Its a smaller ground as well he saidWatson admitted the absence of Pant will be a huge miss for the sideThe biggest challenge for Delhi is just to be able to consistently put good performances together You know the Delhi Capitals have got a really really skilful squad and we do again this yearObviously Rishabh Pant not being a part of not playing this tournament is going to be a huge huge miss Watson expressedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever