Mumbai Indians (MI) proceed to overlook their talisman batter Suryakumar Yadav in the continuing Indian Premier League (IPL) season. He did not play in their season opener in opposition to Gujarat Titans which MI misplaced by six runs and is additionally lacking in opposition to the Sunrisers Hyderabad because the five-time champions seek for their first win of this version.
Even as MI received the toss and opted to bowl first, there was anticipation amongst followers round Surya’s comeback however a lot to their disappointment, the cricketer continues to overlook out. In reality, the 33-year-old is but to hitch the staff and continues to get well from ankle surgical procedure on the NCA in Bengaluru. Surya hasn’t performed aggressive cricket since December 2023 and was anticipated to get well in time for the IPL.
But his restoration hasn’t gone to plan it appears because the Mumbai batter is but to get clearance from the NCA to function in the cash-rich league. Surya had additionally put an Instagram story with a heartbreak emoji simply earlier than the beginning of the play that indicated all is not nicely with the cricketer’s health. According to reviews in ESPNCricinfo, Suryakumar Yadav is unlikely to be match for MI’s first dwelling sport on April 1 as nicely which is positively going to make issues powerful for Hardik Pandya and his males.
As far as playing XIs of MI and SRH are involved, each groups have made adjustments to their playing XIs with Travis Head playing his first match for SRH and Kwena Maphaka additionally making IPL debut for MI. Meanwhile, T Natarajan and Luke Wood are lacking this match as a consequence of completely different accidents.
Playing XIs:
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Travis Head, Mayank Agarwal, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen(w), Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pat Cummins(c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Markande, Jaydev Unadkat Mumbai Indians: Ishan Kishan(w), Rohit Sharma, Naman Dhir, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya(c), Tim David, Gerald Coetzee, Shams Mulani, Piyush Chawla, Jasprit Bumrah, Kwena Maphaka
