What an innings it was for Sunrisers Hyderabad at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium facing Royal Challengers Bangalore. The flamboyant Jonny Bairstow and the stylish southpaw David Warner smashed it beautifully to put a massive tally on the board.
Initially, it was Virat Kohli, who won the toss and elected to bowl first. Despite losing the toss, SRH batsmen never depressed the team, as both the openers went berserk in the middle. They both went after RCB bowlers to get good runs on the board in powerplay overs.
Jonny Bairstow scored 114:
Despite the completion of the power play, Jonny Bairstow never looked calm in his crease. He went after RCB bowlers to bring his first century in the Indian Premier League. David Warner also showed his class by knocking it beautifully at the crease.
After knocking114 runs off the 56 deliveries, Bairstow dismissed to Yuzvendra Chahal. He numbered 7 sixes and 12 boundaries in his scintillating knock. The duo added 185 runs for the first wicket before Bairstow walking back.
Despite the wicket, David Warner continued his blitz for the team to ensure a massive tally on the board. Vijay Shankar tried to show his hitting skills but unfortunately dismissed run out while trying to steal an extra run.
All in all, it was a stunning first inning for Sunrisers Hyderabad. The century knock from Jonny Bairstow and the brilliant hand from David Warner, in the end, helped Sunrisers Hyderabad to put a massive tally on the board. David Warner’s century helped SRH to score 231 on the board.
Here are a few tweets:
Commentator thinks getting Jonny Bairstow's wicket after 114 (56) in the 17th over is a Game Changing moment lol #SRHvRCB
— Trendulkar (@Trendulkar) March 31, 2019
David Warner and Jonny Bairstow have taken their sponsors too seriously. Red FM-Bajaate Raho ? #SRHvRCB #IPL2019 pic.twitter.com/y9yU7DHkZ3
— Sir Jadeja fan (@SirJadeja) March 31, 2019
David Warner & Johnny Bairstow becomes the first pair to stitch three consecutive 100+ partnerships in IPL.
118 vs KKR, Kolkata
110 vs RR, Hyderabad
103*vs RCB, Hyderabad#SRHvRCB— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks) March 31, 2019
whenever kohli makes minor mistakes as captain, gambhir distributes laddoos in the commentary box.#SRHvRCB
— sunil the cricketer (@1sInto2s) March 31, 2019
This #IPL #SRH is the only team that hasn’t lost a wicket in the power-play overs. And they have done it with the highest run-rate. #SRHvRCB ??
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) March 31, 2019
Three consecutive 100+ opening partnerships. First time in the history of the #IPL.
इस सलामी जोड़ी को सलाम ?♂️? #SRHvRCB— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) March 31, 2019
Prayas can dismiss Bairstow. Let’s see.
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) March 31, 2019
You’re thinking about the bowlers, I’m thinking about the poor #SRH fans who’ve been jumping and clapping non stop in this heat ?
— Gaurav Kapur (@gauravkapur) March 31, 2019
The one thing that won’t get much of a mention but should are @jbairstow21 & @davidwarner31 fitness levels … 40 degrees and they are taking 2s for Fun … if you want to be World class ya need to be a fitness freak as well as a Cricket freak … #IPL2019
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) March 31, 2019
An incredible inning from @jbairstow21
Nos of singles
7 sixes
And what a calm head..
Well played man..#SRHvRCB pic.twitter.com/Zi8tG7hKrI— Irfan Ahmad (@irfanahmad09) March 31, 2019
https://twitter.com/KejriwalSpeaks/status/1112325142317801472
https://twitter.com/ShubhamDingar/status/1112325130213052416
https://twitter.com/Undefin93753269/status/1112325119429373954
https://twitter.com/DeveshUTFR/status/1112325104875102208
SRH now probably thinking of paying Dhawan for having gone. #SRHvRCB
— Transition Time (@Anonymized3V) March 31, 2019
Brutal batting ??#SRHvRCB #RCBVSRH #IPL2019 pic.twitter.com/1EnJeOX1r1
— good boy (@sharma_harender) March 31, 2019
#SRHvRCB @RCBTweets we the fans of RCB always say no matter what we support our team & we will definitely do better next time. but it hurts when it's a repeat everytime. we hv losing records against each of the good team CSK, MI, KKR, SRH. Just pray, we dont have a 0 win season
— Mallesh B M (@bmmallesh) March 31, 2019
This is what the IPL does! A highly strung aggressive Aussie runs down the wicket to hug a pretty expressive Englishman in an Ashes year!! @SunRisers
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) March 31, 2019
Brilliant from Jonny Bairstow. The sound of his bat has been sensational
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) March 31, 2019
https://twitter.com/Kohli__Rohit/status/1112325454302568450
https://twitter.com/imsavan08/status/1112325454164221952