Kanpur : After powering Sunrisers Hyderabad to the Indian Premier League (IPL) play-offs, skipper David Warner said it would be a “shame” if the defending champions failed to make it to the top four.
Warner scored a 52-ball unbeaten 69 and was well complimented by young Vijay Shankar’s 44-ball unbeaten 63 to lift the visiting side to the second spot in the IPL standings, with 17 points from 14 games. Crediting his bowlers for bringing Hyderabad back into the match after the Gujarat got off to a flying start, thanks to Ishan Kishan and Dwayne Smith’s 111-run stand, Warner said this shows India’s rich pool of talent in the fast bowling department.
“It would have been a shame if Sunrisers didn’t make it,” Warner said in the post-match presentation.
“They got a flier, I was scratching my head there for a second. When we got wickets back to back, it showed the wicket was slowing a bit. Credit to the bowlers, (Mohammed) Siraj, the way they brought it back was fantastic,” he said.
