Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 9 wickets wi💖th 5 overs to spare at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Sunday.
With this 💛win, SRH has returned to the top four, meanwhile, for KKR, this was their fifth consecutive defeat and their IPL 2019 campaign is now in tatters.
David Warner (67 off 38 balls) and Jonny Bairstow (80 not out off 43) put on their fourth 100+ stand of the season to thrash KKR. No 𒐪KKR bowler was spared by the duo, but Sunil Narine (0/34 in 4 overs) and debutant Prithvi Raj Yarra (1/29 in 3 overs) were the bright spot🐈s for the visitors.
After put into bat first, KKR scored 159/8 in their 20 overs. Sunil Narine (25 off 8 balls) launched an onslaught to give the visitors a great start, but eventually fell to Khaleel Ahmed (3/33), who also soon a🦹ccounted for the wicket of Shubman Gill. He came back into the attack towards the end to dismiss Chris Lynn (51), who played the role of the sheet anchor for KKR. Lynn and Rinku Singh (30 off 25 balls) added a 51-run partnership in the middle overs.
Andre R🍰ussell (15) hit two big sixes towards the end but perished in trying to hit a third.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
And… before we could finish typing, hits two back-to-back sixes and finishes off in style once again!
What. A. Guy.
— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers)
Day in, Day out. gives everything on t🐻he field that he can for the . Incredible commitment, so consistent season after season. Plenty for others to learn.
— Saurabh Malhotra (@MalhotraSaurabh)
These two, Warner and Bairstow are ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚat it again. Demoralising for the youngst♔ers in the team. Feel for Cariappa.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
SRH becomes the 5th side to win a match by 5 or more overs to spare while chasing a target of 150+
MI & KKR have done it twice, while DCh, RR and now SRH have done it once!
MI's 195/5 in 14.4 overs v RR (189/4) in 2014 is the highest!— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman)
SRH have registered 100+ opening partnerships 10 times in the IPL.
David Warner has been involved in all 10 100+ opening partnerships (6 with Dhawan and 4 with Bairstow)
Warner for SRH
Innings: 68
50+ scores: 34
A 50+ score every second innings— Sarang Bhalerao (@bhaleraosarang)
Last season, DK was instrumental in ’s rise. Unfortunately, he isn’t pulling his weight in the side this season. Not enough runs. In the last few games, tactically a little off the mark too…
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash)
David Warner and Johnny Bairstow know some serious 'cheatcodes'. They just keep redeeming them from time to time.
— North Stand Gang – Wankhede (@NorthStandGang)
KKR Bowlers When🅺 Warner & Bairstow Batting.
— Prashant Pareek (@prashant_7_)
SRH – 72/0 – highest power play score in IPL 2019
— JSK (@imjsk27)
Warner & Bairstow today
— Surya (@M_speaks7)
Perfect match from
Executed plans with the ball.
Warner and Bairstow pummel bowlers.
Good signs going into the business en൲d of the tournament.— Aditya (@forwardshortleg)
Chris Lynn's 45-ball fifty today is the slowest of his 31 fifty-plus scores in the Twenty20 format. His previous slowest was off 42 balls vs RCB in 2018.
— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats)
Dominating win for SRH and plenty to think for KKR. They did make few strategical errors in last few games…
— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket)
Warner & Bairstow – Partnerships in
118 (77) v KKR
110 (58) v RR
185 (98) v RCB
64 (41) v DC
33 (22) v MI
7 (10) v KXIP
72 (59) v DC
66 (34) v CSK
131 (74) v KKRNo opening pair has registered four century s𓂃tands in a season in the history of T20s𝐆.
— The CricViz Analyst (@cricvizanalyst)
