David Warner smashed an unbeaten 92 runs off 58 balls against his former team Sunrisers Hyderabad to guide the Delhi Capitals to a 21-run win at the Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai on Thursday. 

Warner and Powell (67 not out off 35) stitched a 122-run stand for the fourth wicket, powering DC to 207 for 3 in the first innings. It was the Aussie’s fourth this season and came in 34 balls. The two smashed the SRH bowlers for 70 runs in the last five overs. 

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Warner hit 12 fours and three sixes in his whirlwind knock. This was his best and Capital’s highest individual score this season.

Chasing 208 runs, the Sunrisers Hyderabad were restricted to 186/8 in 20 overs. Nicholas Pooran, who was recently made West Indies captain, smashed 62 runs off 34 balls. Aiden Markram played a handy 42-run knock. 

For the Delhi Capitals, pacer Khaleel Ahmed took three wickets for 30 runs and Shardul Thakur finished with two. 

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In the first innings, SRH bowlers were smashed all around the park. Speedster Umran Malik went for 52 runs, Karthik Tyagi for 37 and Shreyas Gopal for 34 runs. 

Talking about his performance after the win, Warner said that he just tried playing his strokes.

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“It’s a really nice wicket, 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 didn’t need extra motivation, we’ve seen what’s happened before, it was good to get the win. It was silly of me to run fast (while batting with Powell), he hit some clean, even Livo the other day,” Warner said at the post-match ceremony.