David Warner’s response to not scoring a ton vs Sunrisers Hyderabad: I’ll leave that to Jos Buttler

David Warner on Thursday missed his fifth IPL century by eight runs. The Delhi Capitals opener scored 92 runs off 58 balls against the Sunrisers Hyderabad with the help of 12 boundaries and three maximums, helping his side post a mammoth 207 in the first innings at the Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai. 

DC ultimately won the game by 21 runs, Warner being named the player of the match for his stellar show. 

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Speaking after the first innings, Rovman Powell (67 off 35), who shared a 122-run partnership with Warner, admitted that the Aussie sacrificed his ton for the team’s cause. 

“I asked DW if I should get a single to allow his 100 but he told me, ‘that’s not how the game is played’, and told me to go big,” Powell said after the first innings.

David Warner now has scored 365 runs in eight IPL 2022 games at an average of 59.33 and strike rate of 156.82. After recieving the player of the match award on Thursday, Warner said that he did not need any extra-motivation against his former side Sunrisers Hyderabad. 

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“I’ve had some success here. I knew if I played my strokes, it was going to come off. Challenging here in Mumbai with the humidity and I was cooked there towards the back end, I am getting older. Having Rovman at the other end was amazing. I was glad he was at the other end. I didn’t need extra motivation (playing against SRH), we’ve seen what’s happened before in the past, it was good to get the win on the board,” he said. 

The 35-year-old further spoke about the cheeky reverse shot he played against Bhuvneshwar Kumar. The Aussie said that he practiced the shot after watching Rajasthan Royals’ Jos Buttler. 

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However, when asked about missing the three-figure mark, Warner said that he will leave scoring hundreds to Buttler. The Englishman leads the run charts with 588 runs in 10 games. He has hit three tons in the season so far. 

“Hopefully they (his kids) are still asleep but I think they might be happy. But I still didn’t get a hundred! Jeebiess, that’s right! I’ll leave that (the hundreds) to Jos,” Warner said at the post-match presentation,” Warner said.