David Warner signs up with Delhi Daredevils

MELBOURNE: Australian cricketers in state side New South Wales continue to be hot property in the Indian Premier League and young opener David Warner has become the latest to join the IPL, signing a two-year deal with the Delhi Daredevils.
    
Warner, who is yet to play a match in the domestic Sheffield Shield, joins other NSW players like pacer Brett Lee (Kings XI Punjab), all-rounder Moises Henriques (Kolkata Knight Riders) and Nathan Bracken (Bangalore Royal Challengers) in the twenty20 league next season.
    
The 22-year-old, who hit a NSW one-day record score of 165 not out against Tasmania in a Ford Ranger Cup game last month, will play for the Daredevils alongside Australia pace legend Glenn McGrath, Indian opener Virender Sehwag and South African batsman AB de Villiers.
    
Warner has played eight one-day games for NSW at an average of 64.16 and seven Twenty20 games at 21.33, the 'Australian Associated Press' reported.
    
Daredevils confirmed the signing in a statement issued in Delhi on Wednesday.
    
"I have watched David Warner in action at both the Emerging Players tournament and Ford Ranger Cup and I have no doubt in my mind that he has great talent and is an exciting player," Vice President, Cricket for Delhi Daredevils, TA Sekar said.
     
Warner said he was looking forward to his stint with the side.
    
"It's exciting. Just to be given the opportunity to go over there with the world's best players is going to be amazing," said Warner.