The burly Jamaican Chris Gayle could not quite fire in the league but still had 21 strikes into the stands.
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Warner’s own role in the triumph, both as a batsman – 848 runs with nine fifties – and a leader is colossal, but he was reluctant to take much credit.
“Definitely proud of the way we played this season”. Sunrisers Hyderabad bowlers and fielders bagged the IPL 2016 title with their wonderful play. I made a lot of mistakes but in my life away from cricket, there were things going on that never needed to get expressed.
In the video, posted some five hours before writing this, Yuvi captures the team’s mood in the bus as they travel together after lifting the IPL trophy.
SunRisers Hyderabad IPL Winning Celebrations Ft.
The Sunrisers captain couldn’t speak highly enough of Bhuvneshwar, who finished with the Purple Cap (23 wickets), and Mustafizur Rahman, arguably the bowler of the tournament, with his 17 wickets and economy rate of 6.9. The diminutive Aussie has had a history of punching English cricketer Joe Root at a bar, getting into heated confrontations with the opposition players on the field, and paying frequent visits to the match referee’s office. “It is not about me, it’s about the team”.
Warner also praised Ben Cutting for his all-round performance. It comes down to a team effort and it is a family effort. Over the years we have realised that it is the bowlers who ultimately win you matches and we are very fortunate to have a lot of quality bowlers, who are not only defensive, but also attacking bowlers who look to take wickets.
‘I’m firm believer that runs on the board in a final situation puts pressure on and 208 to me equals nearly 215-220 in these situations. They were ahead of the game, they were more than 10 an over, and there was no panic from our bowlers.
“David (Warner) is an incredible captain and has led the team very well even after losing two key players like Yuvraj Singh and Ashish Nehra for half of the tournament”, Moody said.
The only underlying rule that Warner had for every player in the squad was playing with absolute freedom, and yet being fully responsible for what they do. I have said this from the start: “it takes a team to win a tournament”, Warned said. Warner ended up with an incredible 93 off 58 deliveries in a boundary filled innings which included 11 fours and three sixes. “But the way Bhuvi picked up wickets with the new ball, then came in the death overs and bowled those accurate yorkers, picked up wickets and restricted the flow of runs, was brilliant”, Laxman added.
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“He is a born victor and that rubs off on others. He has incredible work ethics and incredible discipline, and all those things are so important from the leadership point of view”, he added.
