Delhi Capitals (DC) skipper David Warner was very happy on return to his former franchise Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) as he expressed his love for the fans during coin toss. After winning the toss and opting to field first, Warner had a heartwarming gesture for Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Warner ran up to Bhuvneshwar and touched his feet.
“My mindset is to thank the crowd, they've been a great support. For me, it's about entertaining them. Absolutely love this venue, I owe it to the fans,” Warner said after opting to field first.
Warner was asked by the broadcaster how much he enjoys batting at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad as he has an outstanding record here to which he replied, “I owe it to the curator, you have to start well.”
Warner led SRH in 67 games and has a win percentage of 53.73. He led them to title win in Indian Premier League (IPL) 2016 beating Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the final. Warner is also their highest run-scorer. He has scored 4,014 runs from 95 innings at an average of 49.55 including two centuries and 40 half-centuries.
Bhuvneshwar was impressive with the new ball as he got the wicket of Philip Salt off the third ball of his first over. He shaped the ball away from Salt who nicked it to SRH wicketkeeper Heinrich Klaasen. Warner was cautious against Bhuvneshwar in the powerplay overs and scored just one run from nine balls bowled by SRH bowling spearhead.
DC Playing XI: David Warner(c), Philip Salt(w), Mitchell Marsh, Manish Pandey, Sarfaraz Khan, Axar Patel, Aman Hakim Khan, Ripal Patel, Anrich Nortje, Kuldeep Yadav, Ishant Sharma
Subs: Mukesh Kumar, Lalit Yadav, Praveen Dubey, Chetan Sakariya, Yash Dhull
SRH Playing XI: Abhishek Sharma, Harry Brook, Aiden Markram(c), Mayank Agarwal, Heinrich Klaasen(w), Marco Jansen, Washington Sundar, Mayank Markande, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Umran Malik
Subs: Nitish Reddy, Vivrant Sharma, Glenn Phillips, Mayank Dagar, Rahul Tripathi
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