The 41st match of the Indian Premier League saw the players wearing a black band on their arms with no cheerleaders and fireworks for today’s match between the Sunrisers Hyderabad and the Mumbai Indians at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium. This was due to the tragic terror attack in Kashmir’s one of the most visited tourist destinations, Pahalgam. MI won the toss and invited the hosts to come out and open with the bat. Australia and Sunrisers Hyderabad’s captain Pat Cummins also showed his gratitude for the victim of the Pahalgam Terror attack.
Pat Cummins said "It has been heartbreaking to see the scenes at Pahalgam – we in Sunrisers, all Australian players stand with them". pic.twitter.com/Eo0ehn6fy1
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“It has been heartbreaking – we the Sunrisers, we the Australians – our thoughts are with the victims and their families.” Captain Pat Cummins
“It’s heartbreaking to hear the Pahalgam news. We as Australian’s stand behind Indian people, our strong condolences go out to the family. India is always welcoming to us”. He added.
Five-time champions Mumbai Indians visit Hyderabad to take on a Sunrisers Hyderabad team that is ninth in the Indian Premier League standings with just four points from seven games. The Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad will be the host for the SRH vs MI clash. Mumbai were almost at the bottom of the IPL standings not too long ago, having won just a single match in IPL 2025 in five games. But then, they found second wind and claimed victories in their last three IPL 2025 matches. This included a win over Sunrisers themselves by four wickets at the Wankhede Stadium.
Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI): Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen(w), Aniket Verma, Pat Cummins(c), Harshal Patel, Jaydev Unadkat, Zeeshan Ansari, Eshan Malinga
Mumbai Indians (Playing XI): Ryan Rickelton(w), Will Jacks, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya(c), Naman Dhir, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, Vignesh Puthur
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