In a scintillating display of athleticism, SunRisers Hyderabad bowler Jaydev Unadkat dismissed Mumbai Indians' opener Ryan Rickelton during IPL 2025. This encounter, the 41st match of the season, was held on Wednesday, April 23, at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad.
The moment unfolded on the fourth delivery of the second over when Unadkat bowled a length ball angling in from outside off. Rickelton tried to play it square but closed the face of the bat too early, leading to a leading edge. Unadkat displayed his reflexes to grab a sharp one-handed return catch.
Rickelton returned to the pavilion after making 11 runs off 8 balls, with 2 boundaries included. Mumbai was 13/1 at that point after losing 1 wicket in 1.4 overs. Chasing 144, Rohit Sharma was looking in good form for MI. At the end of 5 overs, the score read 45/1 with Rohit on 26 and Will Jacks on 8.
In the earlier stint, the indeed had a difficult start after being asked to bat. Travis Head, playing his first game of the season, was extremely unfortunate to be out for a duck in the second over to Trent Boult. Ishan Kishan (1), Abhishek Sharma (8), and Nitish Kumar Reddy (2) quickly followed, with the visitors left in despair at 13-4.
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Next, Pandya struck to remove Aniket Verma off 12 runs as SRH fell to 35 for five wickets. But Heinrich Klaasen and Abhinav Manohar stabilized the innings by sharing a sixth wicket partnership of 99 runs in 63 balls.
While Klaasen provided the bulk of the runs with a splendid 71 off 44 balls, Manohar lent great support with a solid 43 off 37 balls. Their efforts lifted SRH to a competitive total of 143 for 8. Boult was the star with the ball for MI, picking up 4 wickets in a very economical spell of 4 overs, giving away just 26 runs.
