WATCH: David Warner bats right-handed in Bangladesh Premier League

Dixit Bhargav | 16/01/2019
David Warner bats right-handed

David Warner bats right-handed: Banned Australian batsman surprised everyone by putting on display a different version of his batting.

During the 18th match of the sixth season of the ongoing Bangladesh Premier League between Sylhet Sixers and Rangpur Riders at Sylhet, Sixers captain David Warner astonished one and all by batting right-handed in the penultimate over of the match.

Having taken the courageous step, Warner reaped instant success as he was witnessed hitting a six and a couple of fours to up the ante during the slog overs.

After Riders captain Mashrafe Mortaza won the toss and chose to field, Liton Das (70) and Sabbir Rahman (20) stitched a 73-run opening partnership for their team. Warner’s experiment of batting at No. 3 brought success for the Sixers as they ended up scoring 187-5 in their allotted quota of 20 overs.

Warner, who came in to bat in the ninth over, ended up scoring 61* (36) with the help of six fours and two sixes.

In the penultimate over bowled by Riders opening batsman Chris Gayle, Warner scored two runs in the first three balls. Perhaps, finding it difficult to score runs against the off-spinner, the 32-year old cricketer chose to bat right-handed.

On the fourth ball of the over, a right-handed Warner smashed Gayle for a six over his head. With the field set for a right-handed batsman, Warner hit the next delivery past the square leg fielder for a four. To further increase the drama, Warner reverse-swept the last delivery which went for another boundary through the third-man region.

After being dismissed for 68 in their last match yesterday, Sixers would be relieved to post a formidable total this time round.

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BPL 2019 Chris Gayle David Warner

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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