Twitter Reactions: Jonny Bairstow enthralls with his maiden IPL century against RCB
The English batsman got to his century in 52 balls.
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The England national team has been playing exceptionally ever since their exit from the 2015 edition of the World Cup. The Three Lions have dominated in the ODI and T20I format and one of the members of the team is Jonny Bairstow, who has been a fulcrum of the Brits. The Yorkshire-born wicketkeeper-batsman is currently playing for Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
Back in 2018, he remained unsold after registering himself at a base price of INR 1.5 crore. However, that wasn’t the case in this year as the Orange Army bagged his services at 2.2 crores. Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) went at the Englishman with all its might, but the Sunrisers came out trumps. The 29-year-old has played three matches thus far in the T20 tournament and hasn’t flattered to deceive by any means.
Bairstow demolishes the Challengers
In the first match against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), he scored 39 runs and impressed very much. Bairstow racked up 45 runs against the Rajasthan Royals (RR). The swashbuckling batsman carried on with his rich vein of form even in the third encounter against the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad where he scored his maiden IPL century.
After the visiting team won the toss and elected to bowl first, Bairstow combined with David Warner and stitched together a stand of 185 runs off 98 deliveries. It also turned out to be the highest opening stand ever in the T20 extravaganza, surpassing Chris Lynn and Gautam Gambhir’s a couple of seasons ago against the Suresh Raina-captained scrapped Gujarat Lions.
Jonny Bairstow got to his half-century in 28 balls and he notched the ton in 52 balls, therefore becoming the second centurion after Sanju Samson in this edition’s IPL. Leg-spinner Yuuzvendra Chahal nipped him out after the batsman raced away to 114 runs from 56 balls with the help of 12 boundaries and seven sixes. After the masterclass, Twitterati heaped praises on him.
Here is how Twitter praised the Englishman
First the leap and then the 🤗🤗, @jbairstow21 celebrates as he brings up his maiden #VIVOIPL ton 👏👏🙌
SRH 184/0 after 16 pic.twitter.com/NByrk5BlKX
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) March 31, 2019
The one thing that won’t get much of a mention but should are @jbairstow21 & @davidwarner31 fitness levels … 40 degrees and they are taking 2s for Fun … if you want to be World class ya need to be a fitness freak as well as a Cricket freak … #IPL2019
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) March 31, 2019
Watching @jbairstow21 & @davidwarner31 bat. Must say everything about their partnership has been extraordinary. Some serious shots and hard running between the wickets in this heat. Truly remarkable…#SRHvRCB pic.twitter.com/X4Xl1fpfv1
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) March 31, 2019
That was extraordinary @jbairstow21 … Great to see England players lighting up the #ipl2019 !!
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) March 31, 2019
Aussie-English pair doing wonders for Hyderabad, this is the beauty of IPL! A very well made hundred!😇
— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh) March 31, 2019
World class innings from Bairstow, brilliant to watch! 🔥👌💯 #IPL #RCBvSRH
— James Taylor (@jamestaylor20) March 31, 2019
Johnny Johnny… hitting sixes? Yes papa #SRHvsRCB
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) March 31, 2019
Three consecutive 100+ opening partnerships. First time in the history of the #IPL.
इस सलामी जोड़ी को सलाम 🙇♂️🙏 #SRHvRCB— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) March 31, 2019
Wow! Love watching the ipl #Bairstow 🔥#RCBvSRH #IPL
— James Taylor (@jamestaylor20) March 31, 2019
*Gary with Dhoni*
Gary – I can go on war with Dhoni
*Gary with Kohli* – pic.twitter.com/kfnZe6EjKX
— Chowkidar Jon Snow (@Gujju_Jon) March 31, 2019
What an amazing partnership between @jbairstow21 & @davidwarner31. Everyone who is playing in the @IPL should learn a lesson from these two. It is not only about hitting 4s and 6s but also about running between the wickets. #IPL #SRHvRCB
— VINOD KAMBLI (@vinodkambli349) March 31, 2019
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