Jonny Bairstow slams maiden IPL century, becomes 2nd Englishman to do so
Sunrisers Hyderabad's Jonny Bairstow slammed his maiden Indian Premier League century and in what fashion. The SRH opener went absolutely berserk as he hammered his maiden IPL ton off 52 balls against Royal Challengers Bangalore in Hyderabad. (SRH vs RCB Live Updates)
In doing so, he also became the second Englishman to slam a ton in the IPL, with Ben Stokes being the first to do so.
Bairstow along with opener David Warner stitched up a record highest opening partnership in the history of the Indian Premier League. (Match Scorecard)
3 consecutive 100+ opening partnership for the first time in the history of #VIVOIPL!
— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) March 31, 2019
Take a bow, @davidwarner31 and @jbairstow21!#OrangeArmy #RiseWithUs #SRHvRCB pic.twitter.com/mmHa4fCZms
Earlier, Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli won the toss and elected to bowl first against Sunrisers Hyderabad in an Indian Premier League match here Sunday.
Sunrisers made two changes, replacing injured Kane Williamson for Mohammad Nabi and Deepak Hooda for Shahbaz Nadeem.
For RCB, 16-year-old Prayas Ray Barman will make his debut in place of Navdeep Saini.
Teams:
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Bhuvneshwar Kumar (C), David Warner, Johnny Bairstow, Vijay Shankar, Manish Pandey, Mohammad Nabi, Deepak Hooda, Yusuf Pathan, Rashid Khan, Siddharth Kaul, Sandeep Sharma.
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli (C), Parthiv Patel (wk), Moeen Ali, AB de Villiers, Shimron Hetmyer, Shivam Dube, Colin de Grandhomme, Umesh Yadav, Mohammad Siraj, Prayas Ray Barman, Yuzvendra Chahal.