Warner returns with a bang, takes SRH to 181/3
Kolkata: Making a stupendous comeback, David Warner produced a scintillating 85-run knock to propel Sunrisers Hyderabad to a competitive 181 for three against Kolkata Knight Riders in their IPL match, here Sunday.
Putting behind the embarrassing ball tampering scandal, that kept him out last year, Warner smashed three sixes and nine boundaries in his 53-ball knock.
Vijay Shankar also made a fine return to the Oragne Army with a quick-fire unbeaten 24-ball 40 (2x4, 2x6) after Warner departed in the 16th over.
Warner's 37th IPL fifty also made him the first cricketer in IPL to have most 50-plus scores (40) ahead of Virat Kohli (38) as the Aussie also has three centuries.
His new opening partner Jonny Bairstow complemented well by giving the rampaging left-hander the maximum strike as the duo raced to 100-mark in 10.5 overs in their massive 118-run opening partnership.
Having opted to bowl, the otherwise disciplined KKR attack looked clueless against the rampaging Warner who was let off twice while on scores of 21 and 68 by Robin Uthappa and skipper Dinesh Karthik respectively.
Karthik's captaincy looked over-defensive and lost the review to Warner early in the second over, while SRH made full use of the DRS by overturning a decision against Bairstow.
Thereafter there was no looking back for Warner who batted as if he was never out of action and pierced the gaps at ease with successive boundaries against Piyush Chawla and Sunil Narine to unsettle the otherwise disciplined KKR spinners.
Warner brought his fifty with a six against Andre Russell and then went on to smack India frontline spinner Kuldeep Yadav for his second six.
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Delhi 'shining' like Paris: Rahul's dig at Kejriwal while highlights garbage, stench in Rithala
New Delhi, Jan 14: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi took a swipe at AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday, saying Delhi was "shining" like Paris as he shared a video of a dirty 'nullah' in Rithala to highlight the poor conditions in the area.
Amid the high-pitched campaigning for next month's Delhi Assembly polls, the leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha visited Rithala and celebrated Makar Sankranti with residents of the area where he had "Dahi-choora" on the occasion and also served it to some women.
After his visit, Gandhi shared on X a video of the "nullah" flowing through the area and wrote, "This is Kejriwal's 'shining' Delhi -- the Delhi like Paris!"
He used the hashtag "#SaafKaroDilli" with his post.
In the video, Gandhi can be seen walking through piles of garbage along the "nullah" as he showed its pitiful condition and lack of roads to the people accompanying him.
He can be heard saying, "See Delhi, the shining Delhi... Delhi like Paris. It is the same situation everywhere."
The Congress also shared the video of his interaction with locals and said, "This is Delhi - which Kejriwal ji had claimed will shine. He had talked about making it like Paris and London."
"Watch, understand and use the power of your vote," the party said, using the hashtag "#SaafKaroDilli". Gandhi was campaigning in favour of Sushant Mishra, the Congress candidate from Rithala.
The people of the Rithala assembly constituency complained to Rahul Gandhi about the problems of the drainage system there.
Gandhi launched his campaign for the Delhi assembly polls on Monday by holding his first public meeting in Seelampur. At the meeting, he launched a blistering attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, saying there is no difference between the two leaders and they do not want the backwards, Dalits, tribals and minorities to get their due share.
Specifically targeting Kejriwal, the former Congress president said the AAP convenor was following "Modi's strategy of propaganda and false promises" despite rising pollution, corruption and inflation in the national capital.
He promised a caste survey in Delhi if the Congress formed the government in the city.
ये है केजरीवाल जी की ‘चमकती’ दिल्ली - पेरिस वाली दिल्ली!#SaafKaroDilli pic.twitter.com/ycSxZa4hUt
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) January 14, 2025
