3 SRH players who should be dropped for their clash against the Mumbai Indians

On Friday, Sunrisers Hyderabad lost to the Mumbai Indians in their fifth IPL 2025 match. With Heinrich Klaasen scoring 37 crucial runs and Abhishek Sharma leading the way with 40, Pat Cummins’ team amassed 162 runs. In their last meeting, SRH easily chased down the 246-run target, defeating Punjab Kings and igniting hopes of a comeback. 

The majority of SRH batsmen found it difficult to score runs on Mumbai’s challenging batting surface. Even the bowling, which included crucial knocks for their team from Ryan Rickelton, Will Jacks, Suryakumar Yadav, and Rohit Sharma, was a major disappointment. In their upcoming home game, Hyderabad will play the Mumbai Indians in an attempt to salvage their season. 

Here are the three players who should be dropped by SRH for the next game vs MI

3. Nitish Kumar Reddy 

21-year-old Nitish Kumar Reddy has been a huge letdown for SRH this year with the bat. Nitish has scored a mere 131 runs so far this campaign and hasn’t been given a chance to roll his arm over. In the game on Friday against MI, the youngster scored 19 runs from 21 balls. This is not the first time Nitish Reddy has struggled with the bat in the current season of the IPL. With the likes of Sachin Baby, Abhinav Manohar, and latest recruit Smarana Ravichandran in the team, SRH could look to replace Nitish Reddy and rest for the next match.

2. Zeeshan Ansari

When Zeeshan Ansari took three wickets in his first IPL match against the Delhi Capitals, he had an incredible start to his career. Zeeshan has gone wicketless in the last three games, which has begun to hurt SRH because they don’t seem to have many spin options. Rahul Chahar was selected as the Impact player on Friday, but the former MI star only bowled one over and conceded nine runs. Given that Rahul Chahar knows a lot about MI batters, this is the ideal time to drop Zeeshan Ansari and give Chahar a longer rope. 

1. Mohammed Shami 

India’s veteran pacer Mohammed Shami has shockingly lost his form and hasn’t enjoyed his time with SRH so far. Shami, who had played a key role in India’s Champions Trophy title win, was expected to do a good job with the ball along with Pat Cummins. In the seven games that Shami has played, he has picked just five wickets with a best of 2/28 in the game against the Gujarat Titans. In the last two games, Shami has conceded 103 runs without picking a wicket, which includes his 0/75 from four overs against PBKS. With the likes of Simarjeet Singh and Jaydev Unadkat on the side, SRH could very well drop Shami for the next game to recapture his confidence. 

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