Ok for IPL; Not Ok for the Hundred

David Warner has had a spectacular year in world cricket since the end of his one year ban imposed by Cricket Australia...

- SREELATA S. YELLAMRAZU

Even as it is hard to fathom cricket, or for that matter, any sport, getting off the ground any time soon given the grip of the pandemic across nations around the globe, there continue to be teasers and controversies floating around, this one involving not surprisingly David Warner.

Fortunately this does not involve physical confrontations or fisticuffs or even sandpaper. That said, this is going be a thorn in the flesh for some as the Australian belligerent opener may have paved the way for other cricketers to take the route of the decision he issued even as the weekend grew grimmer for Indian Premier League (IPL) season 13 prospects amongst others.

David Warner has had a spectacular year in world cricket since the end of his one year ban imposed by Cricket Australia over the sandpaper ball-tampering scandal of March 2018 in the course of the Cape Town. The return of Steve Smith and Warner has been a boon not only for Australia but also, has immensely raised the stakes for the various franchises they represent in the shortest format of the game.