David Warner made a special record in IPL, joined Virat-Dhawan's club!
- Match between Delhi Capitals and Chennai Super Kings
- Warner scored 52 runs in 35 balls at a strike rate of 148.57.
- David Warner completed 6500 runs in IPL
Delhi Capitals is facing Chennai Super Kings in the 13th match of IPL 2024. In this match being played in Visakhapatnam, Delhi Capitals won the toss and decided to bat first. Two changes have been made in the playing eleven of Delhi. Prithvi Shaw and Ishant Sharma have got a place in the playing-11. In such a situation, there was a change in the opening pair of DC also. Prithvi Shaw started the innings with David Warner. Both the batsmen gave a good start to Delhi.
Warner completed 6500 runs
Warner and Shaw batted cautiously in the first 4 overs. After this, both the batsmen changed gears and destroyed the CSK bowlers. After scoring 25 runs in the match, David Warner completed 6500 runs in IPL. He became the third batsman after Virat Kohli and Shikhar Dhawan to reach this figure in IPL. The record of scoring most runs in IPL is in the name of Virat Kohli. Virat has scored 7444 runs in 232 innings of 240 matches. Shikhar Dhawan is at second place in this list who has scored 6754 runs in 219 innings of 220 matches.
Warner scored a half century
Talking about the match, Prithvi Shaw and David Warner started the innings. Both added 92 runs for the first wicket. This partnership was broken by Mustafizur Rahman. He took the wicket of David Warner in the 10th over. Mathisha Pathirana took a brilliant catch of Warner. The video of this catch has gone viral on social media. Mahendra Singh Dhoni also praised Pathirana's catch. Warner scored 52 runs in 35 balls at a strike rate of 148.57. During this he hit 5 fours and 3 sixes. This is the 62nd half-century of his IPL career.