Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya has won the toss and elected to bowl first against Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 2025. The all-rounder paid condolences to the victims of the Pahalgam terror attack and slammed the perpetrators.
“Our condolences to the families who lost their family members. We condemn this cowardly attack,” Hardik Pandya said.
“We will bowl first. We need to execute our plans and stick to the basics. The old school of cricket always works,” he added.
Sunrisers Hyderabad and Australia skipper Pat Cummins spoke on behalf of all the Aussies.
“The scenes were heartbreaking. Heartfelt condolences to the families and friends who lost their loved ones from the SRH and the Aussies, who are always welcomed over,” Pat Cummins said.
Cummins sounded confident as the match is being played on their favorite surface. “Playing on our favorite surface gives us optimism,” he added.
SRH XI: 1 Travis Head, 2 Abhishek Sharma, 3 Ishan Kishan, 4 Nitish Kumar Reddy, 5 Heinrich Klaasen (wk), 6 Aniket Verma, 7 Pat Cummins (capt), 8 Harshal Patel, 9 Jaydev Unadkat, 10 Zeeshan Ansari, 11 Eshan Malinga
Bench: Abhinav Manohar, Sachin Baby, Mohammed Shami, Rahul Chahar, Wiaan Mulder
MI XI: 1 Ryan Rickelton (wk), 2 Suryakumar Yadav, 3 Tilak Varma, 4 Hardik Pandya (capt), 5 Naman Dhir, 6 Will Jacks, 7 Mitchell Santner, 8 Deepak Chahar, 9 Trent Boult, 10 Jasprit Bumrah, 11 Vignesh Puthur
Bench: Rohit Sharma, Corbin Bosch, Satyanarayana Raju, Raj Bawa, Robin Minz