Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma have given their team a brilliant start as Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) are taking on Mumbai Indians (MI) in match 33 of IPL 2025 at the Wankhede Stadium on Thursday, April 17.
Hardik Pandya won the toss and opted to bowl first citing dew as one of the key reasons they chose to bowl first. Hyderabad are heading into this game after chasing down Punjab's mammoth total of 245 in less than 20 overs.
Heading into this game, SRH are placed ninth on the points table and will look to make it back to back wins. Mumbai Indians. on the other hand, also won their previous match against Delhi Capitals, looking to carry on the momentum.
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Hardik Pandya Sends Abhishek Sharma Back To The Dugout
Just like in every other game, the opening pair of Abhishek Sharma (40 runs off 28 balls) and Travis Head (15 runs off 17 balls) got Hyderabad off to a flier. The pair added an opening stand of 59 runs and in the eighth over MI skipper Hardik Pandya dismissed him in the eighth over.
Both batters had some lucky escapes in the first two overs as they rode their luck. However, the luck finally ran out in the 8th over. After dismissing Abhishek, Hardik came close to dismissing Head as well.
Head started off relatively slower as compared to his opening partner. Meanwhile, to back up Abhishek's knock, the BCCI also announced him among a group of new players who will be given their maiden central contracts by the BCCI. Abhishek's dismissal brought Ishan Kishan out to the middle. However, his stay was short as he was stumped by Ryan Rickelton off Will Jacks after scoring two runs off two balls.
Two quick wickets made Travis Head a bit more cautious of his strokeplay. He did not get too much of the strike while Abhishek was playing his shots and is now slowly getting into his innings. He also got a life in the 10th over by Hardik Pandya who dismissed him off a no-ball. SRH after 10 overs have posted 75/2. Will Jacks (12 runs off 2 overs) and Hardik Pandya picked (10 runs off 1 over) up a wicket each. Jasprit Bumrah (10 runs off two overs), Trent Boult (10 runs off 1 over) and Deepak Chahar (26 runs off 3 overs) are yet to pick up wickets.
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