Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya has said that the team has no worries about Jasprit Bumrah’s fitness as the star pacer continues his IPL 2025 journey. Bumrah missed the first four games for MI as he was recovering from the back injury that ruled him out of the Champions Trophy.
Bumrah has made a slow start to life in IPL 2025 as he has picked up just one wicket in two matches. Speaking at the toss, which MI won and opted to bowl first, Hardik was asked about Bumrah. The MI skipper shrugged off suggestions that Bumrah needed a rest over the past few days and said if he wasn’t 100 percent, he wouldn’t have been a part of the IPL this season.
“He’s fine. We don’t have to worry about Jasprit Bumrah. The kind of character he is, if he wasn’t 100 percent, he would not have been here. We don’t have to worry about him,” said Bumrah.
Hardik said that MI will be going with the same team that won the match against Delhi Capitals. The MI skipper said that the batting order will depend on the situations and they will continue to back the in-form players.
“Same side. The kind of win we had, everyone came together. That made us even closer. The last couple of days have gone well.”
“Just depending on situations, we will try and use batters who are in good touch. We back everyone, they will get it,” said Hardik.
Rohit Sharma will continue to play as the impact sub for MI and SRH also decided to retain the same team that won them the game against PBKS.
MI vs SRH: Playing XIs
Sunrisers Hyderabad Playing XI: Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Aniket Verma, Pat Cummins (c), Harshal Patel, Mohammed Shami, Eshan Malinga, Zeeshan Ansari
Mumbai Indians Playing XI: Will Jacks, Ryan Rickelton (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (c), Naman Dhir, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, Karn Sharma.
