Hardik Pandya’s Mumbai Indians (MI) played against Pat Cummins’ Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in the 33rd match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025.
Mumbai Indians Secure Victory Over Sunrisers Hyderabad
Mumbai Indians (MI) won their IPL 2025 match against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) by 4 wickets with 11 balls to spare at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Thursday, April 17.
MI chose to bowl first, and their bowlers did well on a slow pitch, limiting Sunrisers Hyderabad to 162/5. Will Jacks took two wickets, while Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, and Hardik Pandya each took one.
In the chase, Rohit Sharma, Ryan Rickelton, Will Jacks, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, and Hardik Pandya all made useful contributions, and the target was reached in 18.1 overs.
Hardik Pandya Praises Bowlers for Sticking to Plans
During the post-match presentation, MI captain Hardik Pandya praised his bowling team for sticking to their plans and getting the job done. He said:
“I think the way we bowled today was very smart and spot on. We stuck to simple basic plans. Certain balls were not easy to hit. Credit to the bowlers that we made them hit some good shots. We were kind of squeezing them.”
Hardik Pandya also spoke about the pitch, mentioning that the ball was getting stuck on the surface. He said:
“If u look at it, it had a nice green grass look to it. The first couple of overs that Deepak bowled, couple of balls got stuck in. We decided to use change-of-pace balls. As soon as we figured out, we trying to mixing it up. We executed the yorkers very smartly.”
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Hardik Pandya also praised all-rounder Will Jacks for his Player of the Match performance (36 runs & 2/14) against Sunrisers Hyderabad, despite dropping Abhishek Sharma on the first ball of the match.
“That is the beauty of Jacks. He can be a gun fielder. Bowl those gun overs. Today it came off for him. When we needed 42 off 42, it was tricky. We wanted to take our time. It is going to be a great game. It is going to be a packed house (against CSK).”
Mumbai Indians delivered a solid performance in their last match against Sunrisers Hyderabad, winning by seven wickets at Wankhede Stadium on May 6, 2024.
Mumbai chose to bowl first and did a great job restricting the strong SRH batting line-up to 173/8. Hardik Pandya (3/31) and Piyush Chawla (3/33) both took three wickets, while Jasprit Bumrah was economical with 1/23.
In their chase, the Mumbai Indians got off to a rough start. The top order collapsed quickly, with Ishan Kishan, Rohit Sharma, and Naman Dhir all falling early, leaving Mumbai at 31/3 and under pressure.
But Suryakumar Yadav teamed up with Tilak Varma and turned things around. Suryakumar played a brilliant knock, scoring 102* off 51 balls, while Tilak supported him with a calm 37* runs. Together, they put on a match-winning 143-run partnership off just 79 balls, finishing the game in 17.2 overs.
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