IPL 2025: Find out why Kamindu Mendis is missing from Hyderabad vs Punjab match.

IPL 2025, SRH vs pbks: The 27th match of the released IPL season is being played between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Punjab Kings on Saturday, April 12, today. Let us know that in this match, Punjab Kings have decided to bat first and bat first.

So at the same time, in this match, Sunrisers Hyderabad team has not fed Kamindu Mendis by making a change. In such a situation, the question is coming in the mind of cricket fans, why are they not playing in this match? So let’s answer your question:

Because of this Kamindu Mendis is not playing

Let me tell you that the team captain Pat Cummins did not give any special reason at the time of Toss, about the non -play of Kamindu Mendis in the Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Punjab Kings match, just said that the management has decided to feed Ehsan Malinga instead of Kamindu Mendis.

This is going to be the first match of Ehsan in the IPL. It will be worth seeing how he is going to perform in his debut match? On the other hand, Punjab Kings have not made any changes in their team.

Playing XI of both teams for the match:

Sunrisers Hyderabad

Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishaan Kishan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klassen (wicketkeeper), Aniket Verma, Pat Cummins (Captain), Harshal Patel, Zeeshan Ansari, Mohammed Shami, Ehsan Malinga

Impact- Abhinav Manohar, Sachin Baby, Rahul Chahar, Vian Mulder, Jaydev Unadkat

Punjab kings

Priyansh Arya, Prabhasimran Singh (wicketkeeper), Shreyas Iyer (Captain), Marcus Stoinis, Nehl Vadhera, Glenn Maxwell, Shashank Singh, Marco Johnson, Arshdeep Singh, Lockey Ferguson, Yuzvendra Chahal

Impact- Suryansh Shedge, Yash Thakur, Praveen Dubey, Vishal Vijaykumar, Harpreet Brar

Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad Pitch Report (Pitch Report)

The pitch of Rajiv Gandhi Stadium is traditionally considered favorable for batsmen. Here the batsman makes it easier to play his shots, due to which high-scoring matches are often seen. The toss -winning team usually prefers to bat first, so that the opposition team can be pressed by scoreboard by scoring a big score. The pitch also gives some help to fast bowlers, especially when the match moves forward.