Twitter reactions on Jonny Bairstow’s maiden IPL century

Twitter reactions on Jonny Bairstow’s maiden IPL century: Twitter was exhilarated to watch the English cricketer play a fantastic innings.

During the 11th match of the ongoing 12th season of the Indian Premier League between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Royal Challengers Bangalore at Hyderabad, Sunrisers Hyderabad wicket-keeper batsman Jonny Bairstow registered his maiden IPL century.

Playing only his third match in the IPL, Bairstow has built from strength to strength in the three matches he has played so far. After getting impressive starts in the first two matches, Bairstow seemed to have made a point today as he left no stone unturned in converting his start to an impact-generating century.

After being put in to bat by Royal Challengers captain Virat Kohli, SRH started their innings in a normal fashion with David Warner going after the bowlers from the word go. However, the hosts soon experienced a role-reversal as Bairstow started to take control of the innings with Warner playing the unusual anchor role.

In the powerplay, Hyderabad had scored 59-0 to commence their innings on the best possible note. Having scored 32* in the powerplay, Bairstow took on the 16-year old debutant Prayas Ray Burman to reach his half-century in the ninth over.

After crossing the 50-run mark, Bairstow didn’t seem to settle down for a bit. Attacking each and every bowler to all parts of the ground, Bairstow upped the ante at will. On the first ball of the 16th over, the 29-year old batsman ran a couple of runs off Burman to complete his maiden IPL century.

Before getting out to RCB leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal in the following over, Bairstow ended up scoring 114 (56) with the help of 12 fours and seven sixes.

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