Vaibhav Sooryavanshi flop show triggers viral Hardik Pandya reaction

NEW DELHI:Deepak Chahar gave Mumbai Indians the much-needed breakthrough they were looking for successful their IPL 2026 lucifer against Rajasthan Royals astatine the Wankhede Stadium successful Mumbai.

Chahar claimed the biggest wicket of the match, dismissing Rajasthan Royals prima batter Vaibhav Sooryavanshi cheaply.Sooryavanshi was expected to travel retired each guns blazing successful Rajasthan Royals' all-important clash but failed miserably.

Chahar bowled a fuller-length transportation close successful the slot. Sooryavanshi went for a lofted changeable but managed lone a starring edge. Naman Dheer sprinted successful and completed a superb drawback astatine heavy constituent to nonstop Sooryavanshi backmost to the pavilion.The full Wankhede assemblage went berserk aft Sooryavanshi's dismissal. MI skipper Hardik Pandya erupted successful celebration, each smiles arsenic helium walked up to hug Chahar.Mumbai Indians won the flip and elected to vessel archetypal successful their last league lucifer of the season, a must-win clash for Rajasthan Royals.

MI rested seasoned pacer Jasprit Bumrah, bringing Deepak Chahar into the playing XI. Rajasthan Royals made 3 changes, with skipper Riyan Parag, Nandre Burger, and Ravindra Jadeja coming into the side.

MI skipper Hardik Pandya said the conditions were the crushed down opting to vessel first. "When we person played successful the afternoon, it (the pitch) tends to get amended successful the afternoon," said Pandya astatine the toss."Looks similar a bully track. It's hard. Will mostly play similar this. Once the prima goes down, it's somewhat better. Just privation to travel retired determination and springiness our champion shot. We person had a pugnacious season," helium added.With Rajasthan Royals needing a triumph to unafraid the 4th playoff spot, skipper Parag said the squad would springiness its champion successful the must-win contention arsenic they way Punjab Kings by 1 point."Would person done the aforesaid thing. Could beryllium the past crippled of the season. We'll play similar it. All the prep and vigor that went into the tournament... Hopefully, we maximise our accidental and get up successful the playoffs. Rather person this than beryllium connected idiosyncratic else," helium said.Playing XIs:Rajasthan Royals: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Riyan Parag (c), Donovan Ferreira, Shubham Dubey, Dasun Shanaka, Jofra Atcher, Nandre Burger, Yash Raj Punja, Brijesh SharmaImpact substitutes: Ravindra Jadeja, Sushant Mishra, Aman Rao Perala, Ravi Bishnoi, Tushar DeshpandeMumbai Indians: Ryan Rickelton (wk), Naman Dhir, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Will Jacks, Corbin Bosch, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, AM Ghazanfar, Raghu SharmaImpact substitutes: Rohit Sharma, Mayank Rawat, Robin Minz, Krish Bhagat, Trent Boult