On this day in 2017, Sunrisers Hyderabad captain David Warner blasted 126 runs while batting first and knocked out Kolkata Knight Riders in the match played at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad. The match was 37th in the IPL and was fifth consecutive home win for Sunrisers Hyderabad. The winning margin for SRH was 48 runs and David Warner was adjudged Man of the Match.
Earlier in the night, Kolkata captain Gautam Gambhir won the toss and chose to field first. Shikhar Dhawan and David Warner came out to open. After two quiet overs, Dhawan and Warner started their assault. They targeted Chris Woakes and smashed him for 17 runs with two sixes and a four.
Warner stepped up in the next over and struck three consecutive boundaries on three balls to Yusuf Pathan. David then mounted the attack on every incoming bowler. SRH’s score at the end of the power play was 79/0 with David Warner batting on 62 runs from 25 balls.
After relatively quiet middle overs, David Warner again took the initiative and mauled the Left-arm spin of Kuldeep Yadav. He smacked the last three balls of the 10th over to take himself to 98 runs from just 40 balls. SRH at the half-way mark was 123/0. In the next over of Umesh Yadav, Warner notched up a ton in just 43 balls and he still had 9 overs to bat.
This epic knock got us to witness a right-handed David Warner, hitting, middling, nailing three switch hits against KKR in his brutal 126 knock at home.#ReLiveOrange #OrangeArmy pic.twitter.com/Wal8Kp7Vsa
— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) January 24, 2018
With Dhawan’s dismissal, the strike rotation to Warner slowed down and Williamson faced more balls from the other end. Warner was finally dismissed by Chris Woakes for 126 runs from 59 balls. he scored 10 fours and 8 sixes in the stellar innings. SRH ended with the final score of 209/3 in 20 overs.
KKR’s best hopes of chasing it down relied heavily on Sunil Narine providing a stunning start but he was out in the second over and 50% hopes were down. Robin Uthappa lighted up some hopes with his 28-balls 53 but it was too little. They ended up with 161/7 and conceded the loss by 48 runs.
Brief scores:
SUNRISERS HYDERABAD 209/3(20 OVERS)
D. Warner 126 (59), K. Williamson40 (25), C. Woakes 1/46 (4)
KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS 161/7(20 OVERS)
R. Uthappa53 (28), M. Pandey 39 (29), S Kaul 2/26 (4)
