WATCH: MI vs SRH Fixed? Mumbai Indians Didn’t Appeal Despite Spike in Travis Head’s Bat

Pranvit Singh Dang

Modified - Apr 29, 2026, 05:41 PM

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The five time champions, Mumbai Indians are locking horns against the Sunrisers Hyderabad at the home turf, Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. The skipper Hardik Pandya won the toss and elected to bat first, considering the pitch conditions of the venue and posted a big total of 243 runs, which was mainly due to the exceptional performance of Ryan Rickelton's unbeaten knock of 123 runs.

However, Sunrisers Hyderabad started their innings on a high note by scoring 92 runs in the powerplay against the power paced bowling lineup of the Mumbai Indians. But, fans have been wondering that whether MI vs SRH Fixed as there were several instances which favored SRH batters leading to big leap of runs.

Fans Sparking Speculations About MI vs SRH Fixed

A few moments happend during the second innings of the MI vs SRH which led to the speculations of this match being fixed. It was during the third over when Travis Head Edged and it was taken by wicket keeper, nobody in the team appealed for the caught behind, not even keeper and bowler. When this was checked on big screen, it was clearly edged as spike was seen in replay.

Along with this, Travis Head catch dropped twice in the start which gave him lifeline for a couple of times. It was before the inside edge when an easy catch was dropped by Naman Dhir followed by a tough chance of catch dropped by the same fielder. All these chances of catches and no appeal made fans thought about the possibility of MI vs SRH fixed as Head went to score a brutal innings.

Mumbai Indians Need to Pay Price After Travis Head Edged and Dropped

Travis Head is considered to be one of the most dangerous batsman in IPL for a reason as he can play an explosive knock in any situation of the match. However, MI gave him a lot of chances in this match which eventually forced them to pay the price of it, as Travis went on to score 76 runs in just 30 balls, striking at 253.33 and it also includes 8 sixes. Travis got out by scoring an impact knock and he also created momentum for the rest of the SRH batters to come and smash from the very first ball, which will help them to chase down the big score 244 runs.