WARNER DELIVERS CAPITALS PUNISHMENT TO SUNRISERS

DAVID Warner hammered an unbeaten 92 and put on a 100-plus stand with Rovman Powell as Delhi Capitals eased to a 21-run win over Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League on Friday.

The Australia opener hit 12 fours and three sixes in his 58-ball innings, with the West Indies’ Powell finishing 67 not out off 35 balls with three fours and six massive sixes.

Hyderabad could only manage 8-186 in reply to Delhi’s 3-207. The Capitals leapfrog their opponents into fifth on the IPL table, one win from moving into the play-off spots.

Seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowled a wicket-maiden and dismissed Warner’s opening partner Mandeep Singh to give Sunrisers a perfect start after skipper Kane Williamson won the toss and chose to field first.

Allrounder Mitchell Marsh fell for 10 to fellow Australian Sean Abbott before Delhi’s middleorder took control.

Captain Rishabh Pant hit three sixes and a four in one Shreyas Gopal over before falling to the spinner for a 16-ball 26.

Delhi did not lose any more wickets as Warner and Powell compiled a 122-run partnership.

Young Indian pacers Umran Malik, who clocked 157km/h, and Kartik Tyagi gave away 89 runs in their eight wicketless overs and Abbott finished with 1-47.