David Warner Becomes First Batsman to Hit 50 Half-Centuries in IPL History

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S. no Player Innings Fifties 1 David Warner 148 50 2 Shikhar Dhawan 181 43 3 Virat Kohli 190 40 4 Rohit Sharma 200 40 5 AB de Villiers 161 40 6 Suresh Raina 194 39 7 Gautam Gambhir 152 36 8 Chris Gayle 137 31 9 Ajinkya Rahane 141 28 10 Robin Uthappa 182 24

Players with most* fifties in IPL historical past

Warner additionally leads the charts for many 50-plus totals in IPL historical past with 54 such scores to his identify  to this point (50 half-centuries and 4 centuries). At the second spot are Dhawan (43 fifties and two centuries) and Kohli (40 fifties and 5 centuries) with 45 such scores every. De Villiers is the third in his listing with 43 – 40 fifties and three centuries.

While the innings was a milestone, Warner wasn’t too pleased along with his effort as SRH succumbed to their fifth defeat of the season. The opener termed is 55-ball 57 as actually gradual and took the blame of the efficiency on his himself.

“I take full responsibility for the way I batted, it was really slow, found a lot of fielders and I got frustrated,” Warner stated throughout a post-match presentation.

There was one other half-centuries in SRH innings – Manish Pandey who was faster, hitting 61 off 46 after which a cameo from Kane Williamson (26* off 10) pushed the ultimate complete to a difficult 171/3.

“The way Manish batted was exceptional. Kane got us to a respectable total, but I take full responsibility as it was a total below par. I probably hit 15 good shots to the fielders, I couldn’t do much about it. They are the ones that make or break your innings. It gets frustrating as a batsman when you find the fielders,”  Warner stated.

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