Warner blasts Sunrisers home

Cape Town - A quick-fire 27-ball 57 from David Warner and a first-wicket partnership of 82 with Shikhar Dhawan set the Sunrisers Hyderabad up for a resounding eight-wicket triumph over the Royal Challengers Bangalore in their IPL match at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on Monday.

Warner was at times imperious, striking six fours and launching four huge sixes into the stands, so the manner of his dismissal was surprising, according to the supersport.com website.

The Sunrisers captain, for some reason best known to himself, tried to sweep leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal and was hit on the back-leg. The umpire had no alternative but to raise the dreaded finger.