NEW DELHI: In the course of the IPL 2025 match on the Rajiv Gandhi Worldwide Stadium in Hyderabad, captains of Sunrisers Hyderabad and Mumbai Indians, Pat Cummins and Hardik Pandya, expressed their heartfelt solidarity with the households impacted by the current terror assault in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir.
After profitable the toss and opting to discipline first, Mumbai Indians skipper Hardik Pandya mentioned: “Feels good (on the applause). I want to firstly go my condolences to the victims of the terrorist assault. We as a group and a franchise condemn any such assaults.”

Commenting on his enjoying XI and technique, he added: “We’ll bowl first tonight. Appears to be like like a superb monitor, only one change for us – Vignesh is available in for Ashwani. We have to simply execute our plans and take the sport as merely as potential, plan correctly.”

Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Pat Cummins confirmed a change in his lineup as nicely, stating: “One change for us – Jaydev is available in, Shami goes out to the affect participant record. (On enjoying on this floor) It’s a trigger for optimism, we all know this floor and floor rather well. We have performed some actually good cricket this yr.”
Addressing the Pahalgam tragedy, Cummins mentioned: “(On the Pahalgam terror assault) It has been heartbreaking for us as nicely, our ideas are with the victims and their households.”
Forward of the primary ball, a 60-second silence was noticed within the stadium, following a proper announcement over the general public tackle system. This second allowed hundreds of spectators to unite in acknowledging the victims and standing in shared grief with the bereaved households.
As a visual mark of respect, all gamers, match officers, and even the on-air commentators donned black armbands all through the sport, symbolising mourning and solidarity with these affected by the tragedy.
In an additional signal of respect, conventional in-game leisure was suspended. There have been no cheerleader performances or celebratory fireworks throughout or after the match.

PLAYING XIs:
Sunrisers Hyderabad (Enjoying XI): Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen(w), Aniket Verma, Pat Cummins(c), Harshal Patel, Jaydev Unadkat, Zeeshan Ansari, Eshan Malinga
Mumbai Indians (Enjoying XI): Ryan Rickelton(w), Will Jacks, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya(c), Naman Dhir, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, Vignesh Puthur
Listed below are the Influence substitutes for each the groups:
Sunrisers Hyderabad Influence Subs: Abhinav Manohar, Sachin Child, Rahul Chahar, Wiaan Mulder, Mohammed Shami
Mumbai Indians Influence Subs: Rohit Sharma, Corbin Bosch, Raj Bawa, Satyanarayana Raju, Robin Minz