David Warner, captain of the Karachi Kings (KK) in the Pakistan Super League (PSL), has been arrested. The former Australian captain was granted permission to return home to Sydney for personal reasons.
Since Karachi wasn’t to play a match for a week and the franchise had won all 3 matches in PSL 2026, the franchise had no issues with Warner going on a short break. However, things have turned sideways pretty quickly.
David Warner arrested for drinking while driving
Karachi had beaten Rawalpindiz handily by 5 wickets on Thursday, April 2. Warner had played an impressive knock, 50 off 36, which was his first half-century of the season. He left for Australia shortly after. Three days later, on Sunday, April 5, he was arrested on the charge of drink driving.
The 39-year-old was caught speeding twice the legal limit. He was stopped for a random test by police, and after failing a breathalyser test, he was arrested and taken to Maroubra Police Station. The legal limit for the breath test in New South Wales (NSW) is 0.05, but Warner’s was 0.104, which is about 21 times more.
“About 5:30pm today (Sunday, 5 April 2026), police were conducting stationary random breath testing on Malabar Road, Maroubra. A van was seen to allegedly stop short of the testing site and park. Officers attached to Traffic and Highway Patrol Command approached the vehicle and subjected the driver – a 39-year-old man – to roadside testing, which returned a positive result.
He was arrested and taken to Maroubra Police Station, where a second test allegedly returned a reading of 0.104. The man was issued with a Field Court Attendance Notice for drive with middle-range PCA [Prescribed Concentration of Alcohol] to appear before the Downing Centre Local Court on Thursday, 7 May 2026,” NSW Police said in a statement.
Expected to play remainder of PSL 2026
However, this won’t affect his ability to turn up for Karachi on April 9, when they face Peshawar Zalmi in their first home match of PSL 2026. Warner has been released, and he’ll appear in court in Sydney a month later, on May 7. Since the PSL will end on May 3 in Lahore, he should have no issues in representing Karachi for the remainder of the season.
Warner or Karachi is yet to make an official statement regarding the matter.
