5 reasons why David Warner was as incredible as Virat Kohli in IPL 2016

#2 Leading a team without superstars

Credit must go to Warner for the success of his bowlers especially Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Barinder Sran

If IPL was a league of superheroes from every universe, you could safely call Royal Challengers Bangalore its Avengers with names like AB de Villiers, Chris Gayle, Shane Watson and of course, Virat Kohli in their ranks. David Warner, on the other hand, could aptly be characterised as a superhero leading a team of honest cops and an old one (Ashish Nehra).

Having the likes of de Villiers and Gayle on his side was certainly an advantage that Kohli enjoyed. Warner, using whatever limited resources he had, channelised their energies and inspired players like Mustafizur Rahman, Naman Ojha, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ben Cutting and Barinder Sran to perform the way they did. With this trophy in his bag, Warner has staked a claim to the T20 stewardship of his national side.