England's Hales replaces Warner in IPL Sunrisers squad
Published at 05:43 pm March 31st, 2018
Indian Premier League team Sunrisers Hyderabad on Saturday picked England batsman Alex Hales to replace Australia's scandal-plagued former vice-captain David Warner. Warner, 31, has been banned from international cricket for a year over a ball-tampering scandal during the recent third Test against South Africa in Cape Town.
Breaking news: Alex Hales, the hard hitting English batsman has joined the #OrangeArmy ! pic.twitter.com/6j4kuSCuXa
— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) March 31, 2018
Hales was signed for 10m rupees ($153,700) from the available player pool for this year's IPL, the Indian cricket board said in a statement. A hard-hitting opener, Hales has scored 1,456 runs in Twenty20 internationals. The 29-year-old is the only England batsman to score a century in T20 internationals and is seventh in the International Cricket Council's batting rankings for the format.
Alex Hales replaces David Warner at SunRisers Hyderabad for this year's Indian Premier League.
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— ICC (@ICC) March 31, 2018
Warner, the former Sunrisers captain, has been charged by Cricket Australia with developing the ball-tampering plot and telling teammate Cameron Bancroft to carry it out during the Cape Town Test. In a tearful apology Saturday, Warner said he had resigned himself to the fact that he may not play for Australia again.
Alex Hales will replace David Warner in Sunrisers Hyderabad's squad for #IPL2018 pic.twitter.com/GmgMkIqqWx
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) March 31, 2018
The Sunrisers have named New Zealand's Kane Williamson as their skipper after Warner stepped down. The Australian opener, along with former captain Steve Smith, was later banned by the IPL from playing this year in the cash-rich T20 tournament. The Hyderabad side -- winners of the 2016 IPL -- host the Rajasthan Royals in their opening match on April 9, two days after the tournament starts.
BREAKING: Alex Hales has been signed by #IPL franchise @SunRisers as a replacement for David Warner https://t.co/bvwuvKj3sB pic.twitter.com/jIqTfiM3FZ
— Sky Sports Cricket (@SkyCricket) March 31, 2018
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