IPL 2025: 3 Key battles to watch out for in the SRH vs MI Match 41

On April 23, Sunrisers Hyderabad and Mumbai Indians, perhaps two of the IPL's strongest and most aggressive batting teams, will square off in a heavyweight match at Hyderabad's Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium. This game will be intriguing because of the following pivotal battles.

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Travis Head vs Will Jacks

Since his revival and reintroduction in the IPL last season, Travis Head has been outperforming all opponents. He could not do much however in the last encounter. Jacks was mainly being used as a  batter but from the last couple of games, he has been bowling too and doing a pretty good job.

In the previous game, Jacks was the one who had taken Head’s wicket. Overall in IPL, he has bowled 19 deliveries to him where he has been smashed for 29 runs, but has taken the wicket twice as well. It will be interesting to see what happens this time.

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Rohit Sharma vs Pat Cummins

Rohit finally played a knock that he is known for in the last game and remained unbeaten as well. Everyone will be hoping that he continues to do the same in this game, too. Cummins has not been his usual best this season for Hyderabad, but would be looking for a turnaround.

Cummins seems to be controlling the movements of Rohit in IPL where he has bowled 33 deliveries to him and has let him score just 40 runs off them with the help of four sixes and a boundary. He has got him out four times in the process, which includes the last match as well.

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Abhishek Sharma vs Jasprit Bumrah

Abhishek Sharma is returning off a historic knock in which he broke the record for the highest score by an Indian in the IPL versus Punjab. He did well in the last game as well. In the last game, Jasprit Bumrah bowled an economical spell and has begun to look at his customary excellence.

As anticipated, Bumrah has been controlling the action between these two matches. To date, he has bowled 23 deliveries to him, allowing him to score just 17 runs with just one boundary and getting him out twice.

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