Indian Premier League team Sunrisers Hyderabad on Saturday picked England batsman Alex Hales to replace Australia's scandal-plagued former vice-captain David Warner. Hales was signed for 10 million rupees ($153,700) from the available player pool for this year's IPL, the Indian cricket board said in a statement. A hard-hitting opener, Hales has scored 1,456 runs in Twenty20 internationals.
The 29-year-old is the only England batsman to score a century in T20 internationals and is seventh in the International Cricket Council's batting rankings for the format.