Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) openers Jonny Bairstow and David Warner broke the record for highest opening partnership in the Indian Premier League (IPL) as they added a 18🎶5 run opening stand against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Sunday.
Earlier, Gautam Gambhir 🌃and Ch🐽ris Lynn held the record for an opening partnership of 184 runs for Kolkata Knight Riders against Gujarat Lions in the IPL 2017.
Bairstow slammed his second century in T20s and his first in the IPL smashing 12 boundaries and 7 sixes in his innings of 114 off 56 balls. His partner at the other end, David Warner smashed his first century of the season – 100 not out off 55 balls.
Riding on Bairstow and Warner’s centuries SRH posted a mammoth total of 231 for 2 on the board.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
Watching & bat. Must say everything about their partnership has been extraordinary. Some serious shots and hard running between the wickets in this heat. Truly remarkable…
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt)
Johnny Johnny… hitting sixes? Yes papa
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan)
Warner 100no after 85 and 69 in first tw🔴o games. HE IS A MACHINE.
— Peter Lalor (@plalor)
is showing what can be done when you channelise all💃 the criticism and negative energy to one positive direction. It should be a great second half..
— Pragyan Ojha (@pragyanojha)
SRH's 3rd consecutive century partnership! Tells us alot about their road ahead, RCB looked clueless, somewhere still I believe in RCB batting to put up a fight!
— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh)
England's is on fire for ! 🔥
He b♋rings up his maiden century in just his third match at the tournament, off 52 balls! 💯
— ICC (@ICC)
🍒Power hitting🦹 to another level and 💪🏏🔥🔥 vs
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh)
Wow 👀 🔥🔥🔥
— Danielle Wyatt (@Danni_Wyatt)
Spectacular century by Bairstow. Dudn’t even realise Warner’s at th✨e other end 🐓batting 64!
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah)
Warner and Bairstow – What a performance. Absolute Carnage – Welcome and Welcome back!
— Hemang Badani (@hemangkbadani)
IPL 100s by Englishmen
107* – Jonny Bairstow for SRH in 2019 – now the 33rd batsman to register the 54th 100
103* – Kevin Pietersen for DD in 2012
103* – Ben Stokes for RPS in 2017— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman)
Brilliant from Jonny Bairstow. The so꧟und of his bat has been sensatio🅰nal
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
David Warner looked hungry for a 100!!!
AND HE GETS IT IN JUST 54 BALLS!!!!! 🧡🧡
— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers)
Wow, what a spectacular knock from Jonny Bairstow! Has fit right into the set-up. Not feeling Dhawan's absence at all are SRH.
— Kritika Naidu (@Kritzika)
CENTURY WARNER 😍
Oh what a pไlayer! Magnificent innings from as he brings up his 4th 💯
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL)
That was extraordinary … Great to see England players lighting up the !!
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan)
Go Jonny go!! awesome 💯 🔥🔥
— Isa Guha (@isaguha)
Aussie-English p༒air doing wonders for Hyderabad, this is the beauty of IPL! A ver🃏y well made hundred!😇
— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh)
Not in a million years would you think of an & in a HUGE HUG at the centre of a cricket field…THAT is the beauty of the ! + – easily the best batting partnership of & fantastic running between the wickets!
— Suhail Chandhok (@suhailchandhok)
First the leap and then the 🤗🤗ꦏ, celebrates as he brings up his maiden ꦦ ton 👏👏🙌
SRH 184/0 after 16
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL)
To be honest, Johnny is making David look more like a side kick! One of the best IP�♍�L partnership perhaps?
— Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73)
👏👏🧡🧡
🙌 🙌
— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers)
