Records that tumbled in SRH vs RCB game

David Warner & Johnny Bairstow became the first pair to stitch three consecutive 100+ partnerships in IPL.

Hyderabad: Sunrisers Hyderabad in the match against Royal Challengers Hyderabad posted a mammoth total of 231 on Sunday. David Warner and Johnny Bairstow, the opening batsman of SRH smashed brilliant century to help their team reach 7th highest team total in the history of IPL.

Many records tumbled in the game as Warner and Bairstow became only second duo to score a century in the same innings. Let's have a look at some important stats from the match.

1. Youngest debutants in IPL

Prayas Ray Barman has become the youngest cricketer to make debut in Indian Premier League. He is just 16 years old and was born in the year 2002.

Earlier Afghanistan Mystery spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman was the Youngest IPL debutants when he played for Kings XI Punjab last year. There are 3 RCB players in the list of top 5 youngest IPL debutant.

2. Three consecutive 100+ partnerships - David Warner & Johnny Bairstow

David Warner & Johnny Bairstow become the first pair to stitch three consecutive 100+ partnerships in IPL. The duo is in the form of their life as they scored 118 runs in the first match against KKR, 110 and 103 against RR and RCB.

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3. Highest Opening stand 185

David Warner (100*) and Jonny Bairstow scored 185 run opening stand which is the highest ever opening stand-in of IPL. Earlier the record was held Chris Lynn and Gautam Gambhir who scored unbeaten 184-run stand for KKR against Gujarat Lions in Rajkot in 2017.

4. Tenth-century opening stand for Warner

David Warner now has been involved in 10-century stands for the opening wicket in the IPL; the most by any player surpassing Chris Gayle (9). Both Warner and Gayle featured in 18 100-run stands for any wicket in the IPL; the joint-most by anyone.

5. Two centuries in one inning

It was the fourth instance of two batsmen scoring hundreds in the same innings of a T20 match and the second instance of it happening in IPL. Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers smashed hundreds for RCB against Gujarat Lions in 2016.