Why was David Warner dropped during IPL 2021? Sunrisers Hyderabad coach Brad Haddin reveals!

After
having
a
below-par
outing
in
the
IPL
2021,
Warner
was
adjudged
as
Player
of
the
ICC
T20
World
Cup
after
the
left-hander
scored
289
runs,
and
he
also
played
a
crucial
53-run
knock
in
the
final
of
the
tournament
against
New
Zealand,
helping
his
side
register
a
comprehensive
eight-wicket
win.

“I
tell
you
what
it
was
not
a
cricket
decision
that
he
was
not
playing
for
SunRisers
Hyderabad.
I
think
the
one
thing
you
have
to
realise
with
David
is
that
he
was
not
out
of
form,
he
was
out
of
match
practice.

“They
had
a
long
break,
he
did
not
go
to
Bangladesh
or
West
Indies.
But
he
turned
up
in
really
good
headspace.

“He
was
hitting
the
ball
well,
circumstances
were
out
of
our
control,
even
the
coaching
staff,”
said
Haddin
on
the
Grade
Cricketers
Podcast.

“But
it
was
not
because
he
was
out
of
form.
All
he
needed
was
some
match
time,
he
was
hitting
the
ball
well.
He
just
needed
to
spend
some
time
in
the
middle
to
get
the
rhythm
again.

“As
the
tournament
went
on,
you
have
seen
his
class.
He
got
a
bit
of
rhythm
back
into
his
game
and
he
was
good
to
watch,”
he
added.

Warner
was
dropped
from
the
playing
XI
by
his
IPL
franchise
Sunrisers
Hyderabad
and
there
were
some
who
questioned
his
selection
in
the
Australian
lineup.

Coming
to
the
match,
Mitchell
Marsh
and
Warner
played
knocks
of
77
and
53
as
Australia
defeated
New
Zealand
in
the
finals
of
the
T20
World
Cup
to
lift
their
maiden
title
in
the
shortest
format.

Warner
did
not
make
any
public
comments
about
his
dropping
but
limited
his
reaction
to
a
few
cryptic
social
media
posts
that
fuelled
the
stories
of
rift
between
the
Australian
and
the
Sunrisers.