new delhi the slambang version of the gentlemans game is knocking on the door once again the salvaged season of the 2020 edition of the indian premier league ipl after the coronavirus threat is set to get underway in a biosecure environment in the uae and like every new season of every t20 league around the world the top batsmen in the ipl as well will be expected to provide the fireworksipl 2020 full leaguestage schedulein the runup to the tournament that will be held from september 19 to november 10 this year in dubai sharjah and abu dhabi timesofindiacom takes a look at the willowwielders that can send the boundarycount into overdrive david warner sunrisers hyderabadipl matches 126runs 4706100s 450s 44highest 126strike rate 14239average 4317firepower at the top of the order can help set daunting totals or turn runchases in t20 cricket into a walk in the park in that department there are a few better names than the pocketsize australian dynamo david warner most australian and england cricketers along with players from the caribbean are among the ones who will arrive in the ipl with some cricket under their belt from the international english summer sunrisers hyderabad srh opener warner who is among that group will arrive from the uk after the end of the odi series against england having spent the lockdown period well by entertaining his fans with instagram videos after being with the delhi franchise from 2009 to 2013 warner joined the sunriserss camp in 2014 and has been with the hyderabad franchise since then he led srh to the ipl title in 2016 a careerthreatening balltampering scandal in 2018 saw him being barred from participation by the bcci but the 33yearold lefthanded batsman came back in 2019 with a bang to win his third orange cap in the ipl history with an aggregate of 692 runs warner found his groove after a long break with 58 runs in two t20is in england including a halfcentury but ipl has historically been the stage where warner has always found his mojo srh would hope that to be the case this time around as wellvirat kohli royal challengers bangaloreipl matches 177runs 5412100s 550s 36highest 113strike rate 13116average 3785arguably the most followed player in world cricket virat kohli would want to live his dream of leading the royal challengers bangalore rcb to their maiden title this season with over 5000 runs in the league kohli is the only player who has spent all 13 seasons of the ipl since 2008 with the same franchise in 2012 he was appointed the rcb captain and has remained the leader since then the 2016 edition saw the best of kohli in ipl as he smashed a mammoth 973 runs in the season including four hundreds the next best in the list is warner who scored 848 runs in the same edition such performances have perched kohli to the top of the list of batsmen with most runs in the ipl