IPL 2022: David Warner keen to hit the gym to smash '100m long sixes'

Delhi Capitals opener David Warner has played a stunning knock against his former team SunRisers Hyderabad on Thursday, 5 May in IPL 2022. Warner smashed 92 off just 58 balls to derail the Hyderabad franchise, who were struggling to restrict him. Moreover, his history with the SunRisers franchise where he was sacked midway through the last season over his poor form came into the limelight too. However, while speaking after the game, Warner said that he did not need any extra motivation for this swashbuckling knock. However, apart from his knock, Rovman Powell too did well in the final overs of the innings, as the middle-order batsman smashed 67 off 35 balls, taking Delhi to a massive total of 207/3 after 20 overs.

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“It was just good to get the win on the board” – David Warner

“I didn’t need extra motivation. We’ve all seen what happened before in the past. It was just good to get the win on the board,” David Warner said after the match. “I was baking up towards the end there. It was a bit silly of me trying to run fast. Man he hits them clean and gee they go a long way. Even the other day, 117 meters, these guys are clearing these fences like anything. I’m getting older. I need to get back in the gym. I’m only hitting 85 meters. Hopefully I can hit one for 100 meters at some stage.”

While speaking about the wicket, Warner has said that the pitch was good for batting and anything around 200 would have been a par score as well. He also allowed Rovman Powell to have a strike throughout the final over, despite having the chance of him to score a stunning century and it could have been his fifth hundred in the IPL as well.

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“It’s a really nice wicket” – Warner on the pitch

However, Warner would have equalled the record of former Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli if he would have managed to achieve the feat last night in Mumbai. Meanwhile, with this win, Delhi Capitals moved up to the fifth position in the points table, having 10 points from 10 matches. They will next take on Chennai Super Kings in the 55th Match of IPL 2022 at DY Patil Sports Academy in Mumbai on Sunday, May 8.

“I think when you rock up here and look at that wicket, it’s a really nice wicket. It doesn’t matter if you bat first or second, you know it’s going to be nice and true. I had some success here and knew if I played my strokes, didn’t think about hitting gaps but just hit the ball and watched the ball, it was going to come off and fortunately today it did,” David Warner concluded.