Hardik Pandya denied one wicket despite rejecting the Travis Head twice in 2 balls. The reason is …

Hardik Pandya was denied one wicket despite rejecting the Travis Head twice in two consecutive delivery during the IPL 2025 encounter between Mumbai Indians and Sunrisers Hyderabad on Thursday. During the 10th over of the SRH innings, the head missed a shot from Hardik’s bowling and was caught deeply. However, the MI celebrations were short-lived as Siren started the blot and after a small discussion, the on-field umpire indicated a no-ball. The next delivery strike was a free hit with the head and tried to go for a big shot once again, but was caught by Mitchell Santner in long-on. Hardik’s frustration was quite clear as he rejected the head twice but on both occasions, it was not counted.

Hardik Pandya, the captain of the Indians of Mumbai, won the toss and selected for the bowl.

Both sides are coming in the match with their winning win in their matches and decided to move forward with the same game XIS as their previous matches.

Mumbai Indians decided to start in the midst of an alternative to impact with former captain Rohit Sharma.

Hardik Pandya said that this decision is likely to play a role in the match later due to the possibility of dew.

“Very excited, the way the last few days have gone,” he said that he is supporting all his batsmen. “Bumrah is fine, we don’t have to worry about it. If he was not 100%, he would not be here.”

Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Pat Cummins said it looks like a good wicket and was not very worried about losing the toss. The same side for SRH too. “Sometimes it is good to reset it, sometimes it is good to continue,” he said about the five-day gap between his games.

The match is being played on the same pitch, on which Mumbai Indians evacuated Kolkata Knight Riders for 116 and then chased the target with 43 balls. This was the only home win of Mumbai Indians in this season, and their fans would expect the return to the same strip for them again.

Both teams want to win the match as both of them have lost four matches, and losing more matches will lead to seriously the possibilities of recovering and fighting for the playoff spots.

(With IANS input)