Cricket News: Warner current orange cap holder in IPL 2019

Aussie David Warner who had tough 2018 seems to have turned things around and is having a terrific 2019 with the bat as he hit a blistering half-century for Sunrisers Hyderabad on Sunday to consolidate his top position in the Indian Premier League batting charts with over 500 runs. Warner made 67 off 38 balls during his 131-run opening stand with England's Jonny Bairstow, who scored an unbeaten 80, to help Hyderabad thrash Kolkata Knight Riders by nine wickets. The left-handed opener has amassed 517 runs on his comeback to the Twenty20 tournament after missing the previous edition along with compatriot Steve Smith over a ball-tampering row. Warner registered his sixth fifty in this IPL as he went past 500 runs for the fifth successive time in the world's most popular T20 league. His season best has been an unbeaten 100.