Jonny Bairstow Records First T20 Ton For Sunrisers Hyderabad
David Warner and Jonny Bairstow set a record for the highest opening stand in the Indian [/sport/premierleague/index.html Premier League] (IPL), with both players notching centuries for Sunrisers Hyderabad on Sunday and the Englishman setting his highest-ever T20 score.
Warner and Bairstow put on 185 in just 16.2 overs in a 118-run victory over Virat Kohli's Royal Challengers Bangalore, surpassing Gautam Gambhir and Chris Lynn's opening stand of 184 against Gujarat Lions in the 2017 season.
Warner was playing the anchor role, while Bairstow stepped up the scoring rate to belt 114 from 56 deliveries, before falling to Indian leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal.
Jonny Bairstow (right) and David Warner shared a 185-run stand for Sunrisers Hyderabad
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England opener Bairstow smashed 12 fours and seven sixes for his biggest T20 score, while Warner recorded his third consecutive 50-plus score to top the IPL scoring charts this season.
Former Australia vice-captain Warner is fighting for a spot in their World Cup squad after completing a 12-month suspension for his involvement in the ball-tampering scandal in Cape Town last year.
The 32-year-old showed he has lost none of his power-hitting ability as he finished unbeaten on 100 from 55 balls, which included five fours and five sixes.
'He's great fun, just going ahead with hitting the ball,' Bairstow said of Warner after Hyderabad finished with 231-2.
'It's fantastic to bat in the middle with him.'
With the colossal partnership in Hyderabad, Warner and Bairstow also became the first pair to make three consecutive 100-run partnerships in the IPL.
'Must say everything about their partnership has been extraordinary.
Some serious shots and hard running between the wickets in this heat. Truly remarkable,' Indian batting great Sachin Tendulkar said on Twitter.
It was ENgland batsman Bairstow's highest-ever T20 score, his 114 coming off just 56 balls
Chasing 232 to win, Bangalore lost five wickets for just 30 runs, including captain Kohli and South African talisman AB de Villiers.
Afghanistan off-spinner Mohammad Nabi finished with four wickets for Hyderabad as the hosts clinched a convincing victory.
Jofra Archer, who hopes to force his way into the England World Cup squad, shone with the ball (2-17) and the bat (24 not out), but couldn't stop Rajasthan Royals losing to Chennai Super Kings by eight runs.
England https://allinfootballncricket.bookmark.com/gautam-gambhir-business Test hopefuls Ben Duckett and James Vince were in sparkling form in their warm-up matches ahead of the county season. Duckett hit 216 for his new county Notts against Cambridge University while Hampshire's Vince scored 139 against Oxford students.
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