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David Warner became the captain after the ban was lifted, got the command of this Australian team

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The ball tampering scandal that took place in 2018 is like an infamous stain on David Warner’s cricket career. During the South Africa tour in 2018, the Australian team had committed such a shameful act which had put the entire cricket world to shame. David Warner, along with Steve Smith and Cameron Bancroft, tampered with the ball. Their action was captured on camera, after which all three players were banned. Smith and Warner were banned for one year each while Bancroft was banned from playing cricket for 9 months. Apart from this, a lifetime ban from captaincy was also imposed on David Warner. However, six years after the ball tampering incident, Cricket Australia gave relief to Warner and decided to lift the life time ban from captaincy on him.

David Warner got big responsibility

After the lifting of this ban, now a big news has come out about David Warner. Actually, David Warner has been made the captain. Warner has been given the command of the Sydney Thunder team for the 14th season of the Big Bash League. Warner will replace Chris Green in Sydney Thunder. However, Green remains a part of the team as a player. The ban on Warner was lifted a few days ago, after which this decision has been taken. David Warner himself has shared the information about his becoming captain with the fans.

Sydney Thunder are hopeful that Warner’s captaincy will propel them towards success as they finished at the bottom last season. Big Bash League i.e. BBL 14 will start from December 15. The Thunder’s first match will be against the Adelaide Strikers in Canberra on 17 December.

Sydney Thunder squad for the 14th season of the Big Bash League (BBL): David Warner (captain), Wes Agar, Cameron Bancroft, Sam Billings, Oliver Davies, Lockie Ferguson, Matt Gilkes, Chris Green, Liam Hatcher, Sam Konstas, Nick Maddinson, Nathan McAndrew, Sherfane Rutherford, William Salzman, Daniel Sams, Jason Sangha. , Tanveer Sangha.

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