On what was an emotional day for the homecoming of David Warner to Hyderabad, the DC skipper was seen touching the feet of SRHseamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar ahead of the DC vs SRH encounter on Monday.
He was back at the venue where he enjoyed great success in the IPL: before today’s fixture, the left-hander averaged a hefty 66 in Hyderabad where he hit 15 fifties and 3 centuries.
David Warner reunited with his former SRH teammate and spearhead pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar
As a mark of love and respect to the senior SRH seamer, Warner touched the feet of Bhuvneshwar before both embraced each other in a huge ahead of the start of the match.
Watch: David Warner shows respect to Bhuvneshwar by touching his feet
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DC Skipper was given a raucous cheer by the Hyderabad crowd when he won the toss. He had led SRH to their only IPL trophy, in 2016, before being sacked in 2021.
When asked about this roar in reception from the opposition crowd, the left-hander said: “My mindset is to thank the crowd, they’ve been a great support. For me, it’s about entertaining them. Absolutely love this venue, I owe it to the fans. Sarfaraz Khan comes in and Ripal Patel is in. I owe it to the curator, you have to start well.”
He didn’t have a great homecoming with the bat, though, as he managed just 21 runs off 20 balls. After having another slow start, he hit two fours and a six but got out to Sundar, who picked three wickets in one over to rattle DC.
SRH have struggled in their way and are 58/4 in 7.4 overs, at the time of writing.
Teams:
SRH (Playing XI): Abhishek Sharma, Harry Brook, Aiden Markram(c), Mayank Agarwal, Heinrich Klaasen(w), Marco Jansen, Washington Sundar, Mayank Markande, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Umran Malik
DC (Playing XI): David Warner(c), Philip Salt(w), Mitchell Marsh, Manish Pandey, Sarfaraz Khan, Axar Patel, Aman Hakim Khan, Ripal Patel, Anrich Nortje, Kuldeep Yadav, Ishant Sharma
