Watch: David Warner celebrates his hundred in 'Pushpa' style against Pakistan
It was fourth consecutive hundred against Pakistan in ODIs and David Warner celebrated in famous gesture from the movie ‘Pushpa’.
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Australia and Pakistan are facing each other in 18th match of ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Australia were invited to begin batting first on an excellent batting surface after Pakistan captain Babar Azam won the toss. Australian openers Mitchell Marsh and David Warner scored 259 runs off 203 deliveries as a result of the decision's catastrophic consequences.
With the approach of his twenty-first ODI century, Warner in particular appeared imperious. The southpaw accomplished the feat against Mohammad Nawaz by stealing a single in the 31st over of the innings. The opening batsman celebrated emphatically by leaping into the air in elation; it was, in fact, his fourth successive century i
n ODIs against Pakistan. While the throng in Bengaluru chanted his name at the top of their lungs, Warner performed the renowned "Pushpa" gesture to commemorate the hundredth.
Watch: David Warner celebrates century in 'Pushpa' style
Warner then scored 163 runs off 124 deliveries, during which he made a remarkable haul of nineeens and fourteen fours. He ascended to the sixth position on the list of the tournament's highest run scorers on account of his strike. With a fifty and an average of 57, the 36-year-old has amassed 228 runs in four innings at a strikeout rate of 109.
Shaheen Afridi took third five wicket hall in ODI
Mitchell Marsh, who also scored his second ODI century, provided him with tremendous assistance. With the assistance of ten fours and nine sixes, Marsh amassed 121 runs off 108 deliveries.
As a result, no other batsman could surpass 21 runs as Australia concluded their innings on 367/9 following the conclusion of their monumental partnership. With a third five-wicket haul in one-day internationals, Shaheen Afridi was the preferred bowler for Pakistan. Eleven overs later, the left-arm seamer amassed 5/54, whereas three wickets were taken by Haris Rauf (3/83, 8 overs).
