Jonny Bairstow lit up the IPL 2019 with some splendid knocks in what was his first season in the cash-rich league but his final match in the tournament was one to forget. Bairstow, who opened the innings for Sunrisers Hyderabad alongside David Warner after Chennai Super Kings put them in to bat on Tuesday, was dismissed in the second over by Harbhajan Singh for a duck after edging one to MS Dhoni. Bairstow appeared to be upset with the umpire as he walked off for for not calling a wide off the previous ball despite the ball sliding down the leg side by quite a distance. He will now be joining up with the England cricket team’s preparatory camp ahead of the ICC World Cup 2019 and will thus be unavailable for the remainder of the IPL. Bairstow started the IPL with a score of 39 against Kolkata Knight Riders before notching 45 against the Rajasthan Royals. But the innings that really announced his arrival was yet to come. His ability atop the order was on full display in his next game against the Royal Challengers Bangalore when he smashed 114 and Warner made 100. SRH posted 231 and RCB lost by 118 runs. He followed this up with another valuable 48 against the Delhi Capitals before failing to strike form against the Mumbai Indians and Kings XI Punjab. In the next three matches he played, incidentally all at Hyderabad: 41 vs. DC, 61* in a winning effort against CSK and a score of 80* as SRH thrashed KKR. Bairtsow’s time in this edition of the IPL is now over but given the success he experienced this year, one can expect him to light up the tournament in upcoming editions.<doc-sep>Live TV England opener Jonny Bairstow set a new Indian Premier League (IPL) record for batsmen with most runs in their maiden season in the Twenty20 league on Sunday. Bairstow went past Shreyas Iyer's tally of 439 with an unbeaten 80 in Sunrisers Hyderabad's 9-wicket crushing of Kolkata Knight Riders in Hyderabad. Shaun Marsh had scored 616 runs in the inaugural edition of IPL in 2008. However, Bairstow's tally of 445 is the highest for a player in his maiden IPL season after 2008. Bairstow has smashed 445 runs from just nine matches in IPL 2019 at a staggering average of 63.57. Striking at 158.36, the Sunrisers Hyderabad opener has forged a destructive opening pair with Australia star David Warner. Notably, Shreyas Iyer had scored 439 runs for Delhi Capitals (Daredevils) in his maiden season in IPL in 2015. Before Iyer, Chennai Super Kings opener Faf du Plessis had held the record with 398 runs in IPL 2012 for CSK. Bairstow, who was bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad in December's auction for just Rs 2.2 crore has been a huge asset for Kane Williamson's men. Nonetheless, the aggressive opener will be leaving IPL 2019 on April 23 to join England's World Cup preparations. Bairstow and Warner brought up their fourth hundred-plus opening stand for SRH on Sunday, earning a lot of praise from their captain Kane Williamson. Talking up his chemistry with Warner, his Ashes rival, Bairstow said: "It's good fun. He's a great bloke to bat with. We run well between the wickets. When he gets off to start like that, it's just a case of giving him the strike." "The two at the top have been doing it all season, hopefully, they can continue, they were outstanding. It's been an absolute pleasure to watch the two at the top hit the ball like that," Williamson said after Sunrisers' 9-wicket win. Williamson though conceded the impending departure of Warner and Bairstow will be big losses to the Sunrisers. Warner is also expected to miss the final few weeks of IPL 2019 for the World Cup preparation with Australia. "Without a doubt, Warner and Bairstow will be big losses, they are world class players, we knew at the start of the tournament that we will lose them at the back end of the tournament and new guys will come in then," Williamson added. Also See<doc-sep>Need proof David Warner could be useful at the World Cup? Well look no further than the returning batsman’s amazing unbeaten century for Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League. Warner blasted an even 100 off 55 deliveries for his side as they made 2-231 as he and England’s Jonny Bairstow went ballistic against Virat Kohli’s Royal Challengers Bangalore. The opening pair set an IPL record of 185 runs in 16.2 overs, making it the highest opening stand in the tournament’s history and for a strange change it was Warner playing the anchor role, while Bairstow belted 114 from 56 deliveries, before falling to the bowling of Yuzvendra Chahal. Jonny Bairstow finishes with 114 from 56 balls, inc 12 fours and seven sixes. One half of the highest IPL opening stand (185 in 16.2 overs) with his new chum David Warner toopic.twitter.com/h8jo5xciVH — Ali Martin (@Cricket_Ali) March 31, 2019 Bairstow smashed 12 fours and seven sixes in his innings while Warner hit five of each as he carried the bat and served another reminder to Australian selectors that he is ready should he be named for the World Cup. His wife Candice posted a touching message on social media after his historic knock. “Words cannot begin to describe how proud I am of this man. @davidwarner31 you have never stop (sic) believing,” she wrote on Instagram. “Congratulations on 100 tonight. And to all the @sunrisershyd fans for all the support you have shown David and my family, thank you. See you in Hyderabad soon. X.” This warms my heart. Our little girls will be very happy to hear that Daddy got a century when they wake up in the morning. — Candice Warner (@CandyFalzon) March 31, 2019 Usman Khawaja’s wife Rachel also tweeted her support of Warner and Candice. Thanks. @Uz_Khawaja on fire as we speak!! — Candice Warner (@CandyFalzon) March 31, 2019 Warner’s innings came as Australia played the 5th ODI in their series against Pakistan, where both openers Khawaja and Aaron Finch had made half-centuries. The innings also came after current Australia ODI skipper Finch said he thought both Warner and Steve Smith might have a hard time getting into the current, well-performing Australian ODI side. “It is bloody hard,” Finch said of World Cup selection. “Especially when the side is playing so well, it’s going to be difficult. No matter who it is. “At the end of the day … it’s an incredibly tough decision. Whatever balance you go with in that 15-man squad, there’s going to be some very unlucky blokes out there.” Having struggled for a period without Smith and Warner, Finch’s side have shown the kind of form that propelled them to a fifth World Cup title four years ago on home soil. Finch said consistency of selection had aided their turnaround. “The fact that guys are getting more of an opportunity to keep developing their role, and developing the role they’ve been asked to play or the game demands, is gold,” he said. “That probably goes under the radar a little bit when you’re looking at teams that have been successful in the past. “I think leading up to the 2015 World Cup, we’d had the same 15 players for a good 18 months or so. “That goes a long way, not just to your culture but just an understanding of how each other plays.” And while it may be tough for Warner and Smith, the cricket world was losing it’s collective mind over the innings he and Bairstow played with India great Sachin Tendulkar leading the charge. “Watching @jbairstow21 & @davidwarner31 bat. Must say everything about their partnership has been extraordinary. Some serious shots and hard running between the wickets in this heat. Truly remarkable,” Tendulkar tweeted. Watching @jbairstow21 & @davidwarner31 bat. Must say everything about their partnership has been extraordinary. Some serious shots and hard running between the wickets in this heat. Truly remarkable...#SRHvRCB pic.twitter.com/X4Xl1fpfv1 — Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) March 31, 2019 He was followed by many others in his praise — and for Warner it was his biggest innings of the tournament so far after notching knocks of 85 and 69 in his opening two matches. Don’t think IPL has seen a more consistent game changer with the bat than David Warner.👏👏👏👍👍👍#SRHvRR — Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) March 30, 2019 This is what the IPL does! A highly strung aggressive Aussie runs down the wicket to hug a pretty expressive Englishman in an Ashes year!! @SunRisers — Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) March 31, 2019<doc-sep>
David Warner has extended his remarkable Indian Premier League form with a sparkling unbeaten century and record-breaking partnership of 185 runs with Ashes rival Jonny Bairstow. Warner smashed 100 from 55 deliveries in Hyderabad, where Bairstow’s knock of 114 came off just 56 balls on Sunday. The duo powered Sunrisers Hyderabad to an imposing total of 2-231 in their Twenty20 clash with Royal Challengers Bangalore. Stream every game of the 2019 Indian Premier League on KAYO SPORTS. Stream on your TV or favourite device in HD. Get your 14 day free trial > Warner, currently the leading run-scorer in the IPL, started his campaign with scores of 85 and 69 as he prepares to march into Australia’s 15-man World Cup squad. There has barely been a hint of rustiness from the sacked vice-captain, whose year-long ban from international cricket expired last week. Warner and Bairstow, who will square off in England when Australia seek to defend both the World Cup and Ashes, set a new marker for the highest opening stand in IPL history. The previous record was an unbeaten 184-run stand between Kolkata Knight Riders’ Chris Lynn and Gautam Gambhir in 2017. Indian icon Sachin Tendulkar was stunned by the mesmerising start to the match. “Must say everything about their partnership has been extraordinary. Some serious shots and hard running between the wickets in this heat. Truly remarkable,” Tendulkar posted on Twitter. Bairstow teed off in astonishing fashion then celebrated his century in the 16th over with a bear hug of Warner - one of many Australians to have sledged him throughout the 2017-18 Ashes. The Englishman was dismissed in the following over, when Umesh Yadav held a diving catch to end an innings that featured seven sixes and and 12 fours. Warner continued to attack freely but it was unclear whether he’d have enough time to also reach three figures. The hard-hitting opener got there in the final over of the innings, stroking his 10th boundary when he dispatched a full toss from Mohammed Siraj past point and to the rope. Bangalore was bowled out for 113 in reply.