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Dixit Bhargav | 08/04/2019
Warner's proactive gesture to Ravi Ashwin regarding mankading

Warner’s proactive gesture to Ravi Ashwin regarding mankading: SRH opening batsman was cautious against the KXIP captain.

During the 22nd match of the ongoing 12th season of the Indian Premier League between Kings XI Punjab and Sunrisers Hyderabad at Mohali, Sunrisers Hyderabad opening batsman David Warner was seen as proactive against Kings XI Punjab captain Ravichandran Ashwin.

It all happened during the seventh over of Hyderabad’s innings when Ashwin had introduced himself into the attack. Having earlier mankaded Rajasthan Royals wicket-keeper batsman Jos Buttler, Ashwin seems to have built a reputation of repeating the same in the mind’s of opposition batsmen.

In a bid to make sure that he doesn’t back up too far, Warner was seen keeping his head down and watching both the bowler and the crease.

On the other hand, Warner’s approach was different for other Punjab spinner in Mujeeb Ur Rahman.

After Ashwin won the toss and put the opposition in to bat, Sunrisers’ innings never got the much-needed momentum at the top. Rahman dismissing Jonny Bairstow (1) in the second over further didn’t work for the visitors. At the halfway mark, Hyderabad were reeling at 50/1.

Speaking during the toss ceremony, Ashwin had announced that Kings XI have made two changes to their squad tonight. “We have got two changes, more with respect to the ground. AJ [Andrew] Tye and M [Murugan] Ashwin miss out. Mujeeb and Ankit Rajpoot come in,” Ashwin was quoted as saying.

“They [SRH openers] are quality players, we would just try to spin the ball upfront,” Ashwin had added about Warner and Bairstow. KXIP skipper would be relieved to execute his plans in the powerplay.

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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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