Hardik Pandya Denied A Wicket Despite Dismissing Travis Head Twice In 2 Balls. Reason Is…

Hardik Pandya was denied a wicket regardless of dismissing Travis Head twice in two consecutive deliveries throughout the IPL 2025 encounter between Mumbai Indians and Sunrisers Hyderabad on Thursday. During the tenth over of the SRH innings, Head miscued a shot off Hardik’s bowling and was caught within the deep. However, MI’s celebrations had been short-lived because the siren began blaring and after a small dialogue, the on-field umpire signaled no-ball. The subsequent supply was a free hit with Head on strike and he as soon as once more tried to go for the massive shot however was caught by (*2*)Mitchell Santner at long-on. Hardik’s frustration was fairly obvious as he dismissed Head twice however on each events, it didn’t depend.

Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya received the toss and elected to bowl.

Both sides are coming into the match with wins of their respective matches and determined to go forward with the identical enjoying XIs as their earlier matches.

Mumbai Indians determined to go along with former captain Rohit Sharma beginning among the many affect substitutes.

Hardik Pandya stated the choice was due to the potential for the dew enjoying a task later within the match.

“Very excited, the way the last couple of days have gone,” he stated, including that they’re backing all their batters. “Bumrah is fine, we don’t have to worry about him. If he wasn’t 100%, he wouldn’t be here.”

Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Pat Cummins stated it seems to be like a great wicket and wasn’t too frightened about dropping the toss. Same facet for SRH too. “Sometimes it’s good to reset, sometimes it is good to keep going,” he stated in regards to the five-day hole between their video games.

The match is being performed on the identical pitch on which the Mumbai Indians bundled out Kolkata Knight Riders for 116 after which chased the goal with 43 balls to spare. This was Mumbai Indians’ solely residence win this season, and their followers can be hoping that the return to the identical strip works once more for them.

Both groups desperately need to win this match as they’ve each misplaced 4 matches every, and dropping extra matches will critically hamper their probabilities of recovering and preventing for a playoff spot.

(With IANS inputs)