SRH vs KXIP, Stat Highlight: Kane Williamson & Men Offer Perfect Farewell for David Warner As they Register Comprehensive Victory Against Kings XI Punjab

The Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad today witnessed a full-on blockbuster contest between the Kings Punjab and the Sunrisers Hyderabad. This was the last home game that Sunrisers Hyderabad played today. The game began with Kane Williamson losing the toss and was put to bat first. David Warner and Wriddhiman Saha gave a good start to the team, but soon the wicket-keeper batsman was sent packing on 28. Warner on the other end continued to hammer the opponents as Manish Pandey chipped in with 36 runs. Mohammed Nabi contributed with 20 runs and Williamson with 14. This helped SRH reach a total of 212 runs. SRH beat KXIP by 45 runs.

In reply, KL Rahul proved to be a lone fighter for the King XI Punjab as he could not form a big partnership with any of the batsmen at the other end. KXIP lost Chris Gayle quite early in the game and that proved to a big blow for the team. KL Rahul tried building up a partnership with Mayank Agarwal and Nicholas Pooran but didn’t work out well. It was Rashid Khan and Khaleel Ahmed who snapped three vital wickets each. The lower order tried hard but could not reach the finishing line and the team lost by 45 runs.

Now let’s have a look at a few stats of the match:

# SRH got their second fastest fifty in 4 overs. Their fastest fifty came in 2017 against KKR when they scored 50 runs in 3.5 overs.

# This was the ninth time that David Warner scored 50 plus scored in IPL 2019.

# David Warner continues to be the highest scorer of IPL 2019 with 692 runs.

# Mujeeb Ur Rehman tops the list of conceding most runs by a spinner in the IPL.

# 212 runs were the second highest total for SRH.

# KL Rahul brought up his fifth fifty for IPL 2019.

David Warner became the man of the match for his knock of 81 runs. With this, SRH remains on the number four of the IPL 2019 points table with 12 points in their kitty. Whereas, King XI Punjab slips to number six of the IPL 2019 points table.

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