Twitter Reactions: David Warner scores a magnificent hundred as SRH defeat KKR

Earlier in the day, it was captain Gautam Gambhir who won the toss as Kolkata Knight Riders elected to bowl first. They had an unchanged playing XI from their last game. On the other hand, SRH made two changes as Bipul Sharma and Mohammed Siraj came in for Deepak Hooda and Ashish Nehra.

Throughout the tournament, one of the SRH openers have stepped up in one game or the other. In this game, it was David Warner’s turn. And what the Hyderabad crowd witnessed was a magnificent display of pinch hitting by the captain as he smashed 126 runs from just 59 balls.

Shikhar Dhawan on the other end wasn’t required to contribute much as all he had to do was rotate strike with Warner who was on a roll. Once Dhawan got out, it was the Kane Williamson show to finish the SRH innings in style. He scored a quickfire 40 runs from 25 balls as Sun Risers Hyderabad ended up scoring 209/3 in their quota of 20 overs.

Kolkata Knight Riders bowlers were taken for the cleaners. Right from Nathan Coulter Nile to Umesh Yadav, no one managed to create any kind of pressure on the SRH batsmen at any point. One wicket was taken by Chris Woakes who went for 46 runs while the other was a run out.

The KKR batsmen failed to begin well. Both the openers Sunil Narine and captain Gautam Gambhir were back to the dug out within the first 3 overs. Robin Uthappa and Manish Pandey followed up by batting really well as they tried to make a game out of it.

Robin Uthappa hit another half century as he scored 53(28) which had 4 boundaries and 4 maximum. However, once both got out, SRH bowlers cashed in and applied much pressure on the lower order batsmen. The likes of Yusuf Pathan, Sheldon Jackson and Colin De Grandhomme failed to get going as KKR were restricted to 161/7.

The trio of Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Siraj and Siddharth Kaul, all got a couple of wickets each as the hosts went on to win the game by 48 runs. David Warner was deservingly rewarded the man of the match for his outstanding century.

Here are some of the amazing Twitter reactions that took place during the course of the game.

Wot a class act @davidwarner31 well played SRH. Ami KKR I am coming…we always come back. Rest a bit it’s been a tough day boys. Lov u all

— Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk) April 30, 2017

Wow @davidwarner31 Unbelievable. This is power hitting at its very best ?

— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) April 30, 2017

Woakes playing forward defence with 60 needed off 6. What an asset!

— Alagappan Vijaykumar (@IndianMourinho) April 30, 2017

Best win yet this season by Hyderabad given quality of opponent. KKR thoroughly outplayed, virtually from first over of the match

— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) April 30, 2017

Top bowler, Md. Siraj. One for the future. Nurture him. #SRHvKKR #IPL

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) April 30, 2017

Mighty impressive again from #SRH. No team is making as much of the resources available as @SunRisers is

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) April 30, 2017

David Warner is to SRH what Sachin was to India in the 1990s.
Shikhar Dhawan is to SRH what Stuart Binny is to India right now.

— Sameer Allana (@HitmanCricket) April 30, 2017

#SRHvKKR not reading too much into to point table…SRH is as good as KKR and MI…You can't rate SRH down .Good contender for the title

— Megastar Akshay sir (@jhaarjun21) April 30, 2017

Siraj has been impressive today. Removed Narine and Uthappa. ?

— Satnam ? (@imSatnam_) April 30, 2017

Robin Uthappa slams a 25-ball fifty. Still keeping KKR in the hunt #IPL #SRHvKKR

— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) April 30, 2017

Is it the day where DeGrandHome shows who he Is? ? #ipl

— Tarun ♞ (@tarun_0707) April 30, 2017

Gautum Gambhir was only 89 runs short of his century when cruel opposition attacked him mercilessly & he was out. Even the rain god was late

— Ra_Bies (@Ra_Bies) April 30, 2017

Poor groundsmen…They covered the ground..Took them off as it stopped raining…Once they removed them, rain returned #SRHvsKKR

— …. (@ynakg) April 30, 2017

And @YUVSTRONG12 took a stand there?? that was a bit rude on @sidkaul22 from Uthappa.#SRHvKKR

— Adlee Sharon (@adlee_sharon) April 30, 2017

All is well when your mid-off and mid-on fielders are the Orange Cap and Purple Cap holders. #IPL2017 #IPL #SRHvKKR pic.twitter.com/OtvrdtCmFg

— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) April 30, 2017

The only man who can stop SRH from winning #IPL this year is Shikhar Dhawan.

— SAGAR (@sagarcasm) April 30, 2017

Big blow for KKR, their in-form batsman gone cheaply. Narine will be missed badly by KKR. #SRHvKKR

— Smoking Skills (@SmokingSkills_) April 30, 2017

Narine against the best bowling units in IPL:

SRH – FAIL
DD – FAIL
SRH – FAIL

What did I say? Dark age move.

— Alagappan Vijaykumar (@IndianMourinho) April 30, 2017

40*(25) Kane did his job!! #SRHvKKR

— Sejal #MI ? (@Sejal_srt_sr3) April 30, 2017

*When #DavidWarner edged that up*#Gambhir: Main hi loonga, #OrangeCap ka sawaal hain.#SRHvKKR #KKRvSRH @IPL @KKRiders @SunRisers #narine

— Ketan Sharma (@IamKETAN_Real) April 30, 2017

Strategic timeout. Need to finish around 220-230 runs by the looks of how we are going. #OrangeArmy #SRHvsKKR #IPL

— Vinay #RiseOfOrange (@vinay24k) April 30, 2017

Sunil Narine gets taste of his own medicine as David Warner smashes him for three consecutive fours…

— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) April 30, 2017

This kinda hitting is not new to IPL. The key is he did this against the team which had NCN, Umesh, Woakes, kuldeep and Narine.. #thebull

— ஓலைக்கணக்கன் (@Nattu_G) April 30, 2017

Unbelievable stuff David Warner. Century in only the 11th over. #SRHvKKR

— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) April 30, 2017

Most centuries in IPL:

5 Gayle
4 Kohli
3 ABD, WARNER#SRHvKKR

— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) April 30, 2017

David Warner and Shikhar Dhawan's pair becomes the first pair to add 2000 runs for the opening wicket in T20 cricket.#SRHvsKKR

— Umang Pabari (@UPStatsman) April 30, 2017

Why would someone bring Yusuf Pathan and not Sunil Narine if your logic is to get an off-spinner for two left handers #SRHvsKKR

— Shashi (@AllTimeBakchod) April 30, 2017

Current attendance at the RGICS, Hyderabad for #SRHvKKR game is 27424. Probably the same number who don't have a ticket for #Baahubali2. ?

— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) April 30, 2017