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IPL 2021: David Warner achieves three milestones with file half-century in opposition to CSK

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David Warner grew to become the fourth participant to file 10,000 runs in T20 cricket in the course of the Indian Premier League (IPL) match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Chennai Super Kings in Delhi on Wednesday. The SRH skipper additionally grew to become solely the eighth batsman to attain 200 or extra sixes in IPL historical past.
Passing 10000 T20 runs with a brace off Lungi Ngidi within the fifteenth over, the Australian grew to become the fourth cricketer to affix the elite membership after Chris Gayle, Kieron Pollard, and Shoaib Malik. He made each these staggering information within the area of simply two deliveries.
SRH rode on half-centuries from Warner and Manish Pandey together with a cameo from Kane Williamson to publish 171 for 3 in 20 overs. Warner (57 off 55 balls) and Pandey (61 off 46 balls) added 106 runs for the second wicket.
Warner now holds probably the most variety of half-centuries (50) in IPL. The closest to him is Shikhar Dhawan with 43 IPL fifties, carefully adopted by Virat Kohli (40), Rohit (40), de Villiers (40) and Raina (39).
Warner appeared pissed off at instances on the lack of ability to pressure the tempo on a monitor the place ball wasnt all the time coming onto the bat. His fiftieth IPL half-century had three fours and two sixes however it was not his traditional aggressive, bustling knock. He couldn’t get going and his highly effective hits went straight to the fielders.
Ngidi ended Warner’s distress by having caught (by Ravindra Jadeja) making an attempt an enormous shot off a widish supply. The first six overs yielded 39 runs.
Warner, who has been with SRH since 2014, had an injury-disrupted Australia season within the lead as much as this IPL.