DUBAI (UAE): David Warner hit his 50th Indian Premier League half century to help Hyderabad beat Punjab by 69 runs on Thursday.
Even the fastest IPL 50 of the year by Nicholas Pooran — from 17 balls — failed to inspire Punjab.
The victory boosted Hyderabad to third in the eight-team table while Punjab are stuck at the bottom with just one success from six games.
After electing to bat, SRH were off the blocks quickly as David Warner hit two fours in the first over, which also included five byes, bowled by Sheldon Cottrell.
While Mujeeb-ur-Rahman, playing his first game of the season, and Mohammad Shami conceded 13 runs in the next overs, Jonny Bairstow hit three fours off Cottrell’s second over as SRH moved past 40.
Bairstow, then got a life after KL Rahul, despite a dive, could not hold onto a difficult chance off Shami’s bowling. Warner, then hit two fours as the pair completed the fifty-run stand, their second of the season.
After a couple of quiet overs, Bairstow targeted Ravi Bishnoi in the eighth over, hitting the young leg-spinner for two sixes and a four. Warner joined the six-hitting party in the next over.
Bairstow, then brought up his fifty in the 10th over before the he and Warner completed the hundred-run stand for the opening wicket. (Source: IPL2020)
Brief Scores: Sunrisers Hyderabad 201/6 (Jonny Bairstow 97, David Warner 52; Ravi Bishnoi 3/29) beat Kings XI Punjab 132 all out (Nicholas Pooran, Prabhsimran Singh 11; Rashid Khan 3/12) by 69 runs
