David Warner pokes fun at Indian-style birthday celebration, fans left in splits: WATCH

Swashbuckling Australian batsman David Warner enjoys a massive fan-following in India. player's stint as captain of Hyderabad IPL team along with his social media activities has made him a popular face in Indian sub-continent. southpaw's birthday falls on October 27, and he had an opportunity to celebrate special occasion with his Hyderabad teammates last year in UAE. 34-year-old got a firsthand experience of 'cake smashing' celebration, and he recently revealed his thoughts about same. 

India vs Australia live: David Warner speaks on 'Indian-style' cake smashing celebration 

India and Australia are involved in a tooth and nail fight in ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy, and cricket fans are savouring battle between two cricketing giants as y strive to gain one-upmanship. However, live action came to a standstill after rain interrupted contest during final session of Day 4 at Brisbane. After end of day's play, in an interview with Australian broadcasters 7cricket, David Warner was asked about his take on Indian cake smashing celebration that he was a part of during 13th edition of Indian Premier League. 

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southpaw mentioned that did t have an idea about why Indians generally indulge in such a celebration. However, he suggested that he does find it funny and also tends to enjoy it. In a video shade by Hyderabad team on ir social media account on David Warner's birthday, youngsters like Priyam Garg, Abhishek Sharma, Manish Pandey, Shahbaz Nadeem and ors were seen forcibly covering left-hander's face with cake. star cricketer also was seen running after his teammates for retribution.

A look at David Warner IPL 2020 price and David Warner IPL stats

David Warner was a part of Delhi team before making switch to Hyderabad. Since 2014, batsman has established himself as a mainstay in team's line-up and has also led side to a championship victory in 2016. cricketer is paid handsomely for captaining franchise. David Warner IPL 2020 price was a staggering ₹12.50 crore.

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Having played 142 matches in cash-rich league so far, dynamic batter has amassed 5254 runs over years. He also has an impressive batting aver of 42.71 and a healthy strike-rate of 141.54. player has 4 centuries and 48 half-centuries to his name in league. 

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India vs Australia 4th Test

After end of penultimate day, team India need 324 more runs to clinch contest, whereas home team need 10 wickets to register a series win. Fans in India can tune into  Sony Pictures Sports Network (SONY TEN 1, SONY TEN 3 and SONY SIX) at 5:30 AM (IST) for live telecast of India vs Australia 4th Test. India vs Australia live streaming will also be made available on SonyLIV app.

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Im source: AP