Mumbai Indians’ new skipper Hardik Pandya bagged his first wicket of the season by dismissing SRH opening batter Mayank Agarwal for 11 in the 5th over of the match.
Hardik Pandya dismissed Mayank Agarwal for 11 Runs
As per the IPL 2024 schedule, Mumbai Indians are scheduled to face SRH on March 27 in Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad. Mumbai Indians who played their first match of the season against Gujarat Titans lost the game by 6 runs and failed to break their decade-long jinx of losing their first match of the respective season.
SRH who played their first game of the season against KKR also lost their match by just 4 runs in a thrilling final over match.
Both teams who were desperate to register their first win of the season were scheduled to face each other in Hyderabad.
Hardik Pandya who was traded from Gujarat Titans has been named as the skipper of the Mumbai Indians ahead of the IPL 2024 start. Following Mumbai’s captaincy change, both Hardik and team management received lots of criticism from the IPL fans and cricket experts.
With many expectations around Hardik, the new MI skipper failed to satisfy the expectations and went expensive in his first game and also lost the very first game as Mumbai Indians captain.
Hardik bowled 3 overs in his first game and gave 30 runs without picking any wickets. Being an allrounder Hardik was expected to make some breakthroughs but failed with the ball.
In his second game against SRH, Hardik bagged a wickets and opened the account by dismissing SRH opening batter Mayank Agarwal for 11 runs.
Speaking on the game, Mumbai Indians won the toss and opted to bowl first where Mayank and Travis Head opened the attack.
Though Mayank made a slow start, Australian batter Travis Head turned aggressive and went on to hit the fastest half-century for SRH in IPL in just 18 deliveries.
As of now, SRH scored 81 runs for 1 wicket loss at the end of 6 overs. Gerald Coetzee in his first over game 23 runs and failed to make the breakthrough as expected.
