Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Warner, Kumar heap praise on Mustafizur

Sunrisers Hyderabad skipper David Warner is left singing praises of young seamer Mustafizur Rahman after crushing Gujarat Lions by 10 wickets in the Indian Premier League.

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Published : 21 April 2016, 06:31 PM
Updated : 21 April 2016, 06:32 PM

After Hyderabad opted to field, Bhuvneshwar Kumar spearheaded their bowling with 4-29 to help his team restrict the Lions to 135-8 in Rajkot on Thursday night.

Warner then continued his rollicking form with a cracking 48-ball 74. He remained unbeaten with Shikhar Dhawan, who returned to form with a fine 41-ball 53, to cruise to the target with 31 balls to spare.

But Mustafizur was never away from the spotlight. He kept fooling the batsmen with his range of slowers and cutter.

He gave away just 19 runs in 4 overs in which he bambazooled Ravindra Jadeja with a slower.

He also toyed dashing Brendon McCullum with cutters.

"Mustafizur is amazing. I faced him in Bangalore and he tried to knock my block off. It's a great art to change the pace as he does," Warner said at the presentation ceremony.

"He is definitely going to be a great bowler for a long time to come."

Kumar, who was adjudged Man-of-the-Match for his four-wicket haul, was keen to learn the 'art' of bowling slower delivery from Mustafizur.

"He's a bowler who has a different action, slower ball is difficult to pick. I am trying to learn that slower ball of his, but no-one can bowl it the way he does," Kumar said.

"He's a fun-loving boy, a little trouble with language for him, but he's been great."

Hyderabad's convincing show sealed their second win in four matches while Gujarat suffered their first defeat after three successive victories.