The list of Impact Players for the 33rd match of IPL 2025 between Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Mumbai Indians (MI) has been announced. Mumbai Indians, led by Hardik Pandya, are playing against Pat Cummins’ Sunrisers Hyderabad in a big match at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Thursday, April 17.
Both Mumbai Indians and Sunrisers Hyderabad have played six matches each in IPL 2025, winning two and losing four.
Mumbai Indians are placed 7th on the points table thanks to a better Net Run Rate of 0.104, while Sunrisers Hyderabad are in 9th place with a Net Run Rate of -1.245.
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Mumbai Indians and Sunrisers Hyderabad are both coming off big wins – MI edged past Delhi Capitals, while SRH chased down 246 against Punjab Kings.
The match at Wankhede’s Pitch No.6 is expected to favor batters. Although it’s usually a chase-friendly ground, teams batting first have won 5 of the last 9 matches since IPL 2024.
MI lead the head-to-head against SRH 13-10 overall, and 6-2 at Wankhede. Since 2019, MI have won 8 of their last 11 meetings with SRH.
Former SRH bowling coach Dale Steyn made a bold prediction recently, saying, “On April 17, we might see the first-ever 300-run total in the IPL. Who knows, I might even be there to watch it happen.”
After winning the toss, Hardik Pandya said they chose to bowl first because of the dew factor. Hardik Pandya said:
“We are going to bowl first. I think it is a lot to do with the dew, last night there was dew and always at the Wankhede it is better to bat second. Same side. Everyone knew we had to give it all and that made us close. That’s depending on the situation we will do that, we back all the batters in our team. He is fine. We don’t need to worry about Jasprit Bumrah.”
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Meanwhile, Pat Cummins said the pitch looks good for batting. He said:
“That’s fine. It looks a pretty good wicket. Same side. I think Abhi is still looking at the highlights. But we had a nice break, couple of practice sessions and here we are, five days go like that.”
IPL 2025: MI vs SRH – Playing XIs
Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI): Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Heinrich Klaasen(w), Ishan Kishan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Aniket Verma, Pat Cummins(c), Harshal Patel, Zeeshan Ansari, Mohammed Shami, 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, Karn Sharma
IPL 2025: MI vs SRH – Impact Players
Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma, Corbin Bosch, Robin Minz, Ashwani Kumar, Raj Angad Bawa
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Abhinav Manohar, Wiaan Mulder, Jaydev Unadkat, Rahul Chahar, Sachin Baby
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