Deepak Chahar to Ishan Kishan, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! What a moment of pure drama, and even purer sportsmanship! Add to it a twist no one saw coming! Ishan Kishan feathers one through to the keeper, but there’s no appeal, and the umpire partially raises his finger. Seeing the umpire, Deepak Chahar and Hardik Pandya join the appeal. Yet, in a rare and admirable gesture, Kishan walks off on his own, acknowledging the edge. Back of a length, sliding down leg, Ishan Kishan looks to help it on its way but misses and gets a feather of an edge to the keeper, Ryan Rickelton, who takes it to the right but doesn't appeal. The bowler turns back, and the umpire is about to raise his finger, but then hesitates. To everybody's surprise, Ishan walks off. Hang on! The UltraEdge shows nothing! How big a moment is this in the game? And in another replay, it shows that since no one made an appeal from the fielding side, Ishan Kishan halted his march back to the dugout and turned to take the guard again. But, he then saw the umpire giving his verdict as OUT and started to walk off again. Bizarre scenes!
Trent Boult to Abhishek Sharma, SIX! That's a nice way to get off the mark! A bit too full and into the pads, Abhishek Sharma clubs it over mid-wicket for the first six of the game.
Trent Boult to Ishan Kishan, Fuller than a length, on off, Ishan Kishan pushes it to mid off and takes a run to get off the mark.
Trent Boult to Ishan Kishan, Lovely nut this! Hard length, around middle and off, shaping away off the deck to whizz past the outside edge again. A nervy start for Ishan Kishan!
Trent Boult to Ishan Kishan, Good length, outside off, and a bit of movement going away from the batter. Ishan Kishan tries to poke at it and gets beaten.
Ishan Kishan is in at number 3.
Trent Boult to Travis Head, OUT! CAUGHT! Trent Boult strikes in his very first over, and Sunrisers Hyderabad are rocked back early! Boult keeps it on a length, outside off, and Head clears his front leg, and looks to heave it over the off side, but miscues it off the lower half of the bat, over cover-point. Naman Dhir from the deep, covers a good ground. He runs good yards forward, and settles under to take a simple catch. Not to be the night for Travis Head as he departs for a duck.
Trent Boult to Travis Head, On a length, on middle and leg, Travis Head looks to flick but misses onto the pads.
Trent Boult to operate from the far end.
Deepak Chahar to Abhishek Sharma, As tidy as it can get for an opening over against two power hitters! Sunrisers Hyderabad are just 2/0 at the end of the first over. Back of a good length, outside off, Sharma chips it off the inner half of the bat to cover.
Deepak Chahar to Abhishek Sharma, Another dot! Very unlike SRH to begin with but Deepak Chahar has been right on the money thus far. On a good length, just around off, Abhishek Sharma drives it to cover.
Deepak Chahar to Abhishek Sharma, Great start this from Deepak Chahar! Length, on middle with a hint of shape going away from the left-hander. Abhishek Sharma just pushes it down the deck.
Deepak Chahar to Abhishek Sharma, Goes full and on middle and off, Abhishek Sharma shovels it to mid on.
Deepak Chahar to Abhishek Sharma, WIDE! Short and over middle, Abhishek Sharma leaves it, and the umpire calls it a wide. Hardik Pandya feels it's a tight call but does not challenge it.
Deepak Chahar to Travis Head, Head gives the bowler a charge and gets beaten. On a length, nipping in this time, on middle and leg, Travis Head dances down the track and looks to whip it across but misses. The ball clips his front pad and goes in front of point. The batters sneak a leg bye. Half an appeal for LBW, but fades down instantly.
Deepak Chahar to Travis Head, Deepak Chahar gets the ball to shape straightaway! Starts from over the wicket and lands it on a good length, on middle and leg, and shapes it away from the batter, Travis Head blocks it to the on side.
Now then, we are all in readiness for the action to get underway at Hyderabad. The umpires walk out to the middle. Hardik Pandya leads his troops to the ground as the Mumbai Indians spread out to their respective fielding positions. Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma are the openers for Sunrisers Hyderabad. And it will be Deepak Chahar to open the bowling attack for MI. Let's play...
Both captains wore black armbands at the toss to honor the victims of yesterday's cruel terror attack in Pahalgam, where over 25 innocent lives were lost. Players, officials, and the crowd are now observing a minute's silence as a mark of solidarity with the grieving families, as their grief is too profound for words. Such a tragedy leaves a pain beyond measure, and today we proceed as a united community standing firmly with the bereaved families. Cricket continues, but with solemn hearts and a shared resolve against violence and terrorism. In honor of the victims, the usual music, fireworks, and cheerleader performances in the stadium have been canceled.
Impact players nominated by Mumbai Indians - Corbin Bosch, Rohit Sharma, Satyanarayana Raju, Raj Angad Bawa, Robin Minz.
Mumbai Indians (Playing XI) - Ryan Rickelton (WK), Will Jacks, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (C), Naman Dhir, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, Vignesh Puthur (in for Ashwani Kumar).
Impact players nominated by Sunrisers Hyderabad - Abhinav Manohar, Sachin Baby, Mohammad Shami, Rahul Chahar, Wiaan Mulder.
Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI) - Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen (WK), Aniket Verma, Pat Cummins (C), Harshal Patel, Jaydev Unadkat (in for Mohammad Shami), Zeeshan Ansari, Eshan Malinga.
The captain of Sunrisers Hyderabad, Pat Cummins, says they have one change with Jaydev Unadkat coming in for Mohammad Shami who goes into the impact list. Mentions that having played two games on this surface and winning both is a sign of optimism to look forward to. Adds that they have played good cricket here and just need to change a few small things. Says it's heartbreaking to know what happened at Pahalgam and the entire SRH team, and on behalf of the Australians, he offers heartfelt condolences.
The captain of Mumbai Indians, Hardik Pandya first begins by paying condolences to the families who have lost their loved ones in the terror attack in Pahalgam. Says the entire team strongly condemns such acts. Mentions they will bowl first and says it looks like a good wicket. Informs there's one change in the team, as Vignesh Puthur comes in for Ashwani Kumar. Stresses on executing the plans and take the game as simply as possible, with proper planning.
TOSS - Hardik Pandya calls it right, and Mumbai Indians have opted to BOWL first.