Why Is Ashwani Kumar Not Playing for Mumbai Indians in IPL 2025 Match Against SRH?

Mumbai Indians (MI) have made just one change to their playing XI for their IPL 2025 match against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in Hyderabad on Wednesday. After having played three games this season so far, pacer Ashwani Kumar does not find a place in the Mumbai Indians playing XI against Sunrisers Hyderabad.

Playing XI and Impact Player Subs for SRH vs MI

Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing 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.

Impact Subs: Abhinav Manohar, Sachin Baby, Rahul Chahar, Wiaan Mulder, Mohammed Shami.

Mumbai Indians (Playing 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.

Impact Subs: Rohit Sharma, Corbin Bosch, Raj Bawa, Satyanarayana Raju, Robin Minz.

Why Ashwani Kumar is not playing SRH vs MI match?

Ashwani Kumar has made way for spinner Vignesh Puthur in the Mumbai Indians playing XI against Sunrisers Hyderabad. Captain Hardik Pandya confirmed this change, but did not state the exact reason why Vignesh was preferred over Ashwani.

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“Looks like a good track, just one change for us – Vignesh comes in for Ashwani. We need to just execute our plans and take the game as simply as possible, plan properly,” Hardik said at the toss.

Ashwani and Vignesh’s IPL 2025 campaigns

Both Ashwani Kumar and Vignesh Puthur have enjoyed excellent IPL campaigns so far this season. While Ashwani has taken six wickets from three matches, Vignesh also has taken the same number of wickets from four matches. The duo have formed an integral part of the Mumbai Indians bowling attack.

Mumbai Indians come into the game against Sunrisers Hyderabad on the back of a three-match unbeaten run. Their last defeat was against Royal Challengers Bengaluru on April 7.

Sunrisers Hyderabad, on the other hand, are relatively in further trouble and find themselves in ninth place with just four points from seven matches.

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