Sunrisers Hyderabad punished Umran Malik by dropping him from the playing XI against Mumbai Indians. Umran was named as part of the substitute for their fifth game of the Indian Premier League 2023
Washington Sundar replaced Umran in the starting XI after the off-spinner was not included in the team in their win over Kolkata Knight Riders at Eden Gardens.Malik hasn’t been impactful in the 16th season after a breakthrough performance in 2022.The Jammu Express has taken 5 wickets but has conceded runs at an economy of 11.09.
In the previous game against the Nitish Rana-led team, the rival captain slammed him for 28 runs in an over.Hyderabad (Playing XI) – Mayank Agarwal, Harry Brook, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram (C), Heinrich Klaasen (WK), Abhishek Sharma, Washington Sundar, Marco Jansen, Mayank Markande, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan.Substitutes: Abdul Samad, Vivrant Sharma, Glenn Phillips, Mayank Dagar, Umran Malik.
Mumbai (Playing XI) – Rohit Sharma (C), Ishan Kishan (WK), Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav, Cameron Green, Tim David, Nehal Wadhera, Hrithik Shokeen, Piyush Chawla, Arjun Tendulkar, Jason Behrendorff.Substitutes: Riley Meredith, Ramandeep Singh, Kumar Kartikeya, Shams Mulani, Vishnu Vinod.