by India Today Sports DeskDavid Warner has faced a lot of criticism for his strike-rate in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023. At Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi.
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Prior to the game against PBKS, Warner had scored 330 runs in 11 matches at an average of 30 and a strike rate of 119.57, including four half-centuries. Although he was scoring runs, the left-handed batsman was not looking fluent, which also affected his strike-rate.
But Warner was seen doing his best against the Punjab team. After asking the Capitals to chase down 168, Warner stepped on the gas by hitting pacer Rishi Dhawan for two consecutive fours.
In the next over, Warner lofted a ball down the leg side for a boundary off Sam Curran. Warner hit the speedster for two more fours in the fourth over as the Capitals got their run-chase off to a flying start.
Warner also lashed out at Nathan Ellis, hitting him for two fours. The southpaw hit his first six when he lofted Arshdeep Singh over the deep mid-wicket boundary in the last over of the powerplay. On the first ball of the seventh over, Warner completed his half-century by giving a single to Rahul Chahar. Warner finally scored 54 runs in 27 balls with the help of 10 fours and a six.
Warner thus scored his 60th half-century in the IPL. If he scores two more fifties, he will also become the first batsman in the history of T20 cricket to score 100 fifties. Warner is the fifth highest run-scorer in T20 cricket after Chris Gayle. Shoaib MalikKieron Pollard and Virat Kohli.