The incident took place ahead of the commencement of the Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Mumbai Indians IPL 2025 match at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad.
Mahela Jayawardene was reappointed as Mumbai Indians (MI) head coach for IPL 2025. He replaced Mark Boucher, who coached the team in 2023 and 2024.
However, in a classic Mumbai Indians fashion, they bounced back strong and registered a hat-trick of victories to climb to the sixth position in the Indian Premier League 2025 points table.
Pandya had an animated chat with an MI team member standing beside Jayawardene before shifting his focus towards the head coach and slamming him. The MI skipper furiously said something to Jayawardene and was also seen making aggressive hand gestures.
Watch: Hardik Pandya Involved in Heated Exchange With Mahela Jayawardene Ahead of SRH vs MI Clash
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I would like to pass on the message and condolences - Hardik Pandya
Speaking at the toss, Hardik Pandya passed on his condolences to the victims of the Pahalgam terror attack. Hardik Pandya elaborated:
"We are playing the same team. Just one change, Vignesh comes in place of Ashwani. We have always believed in executing our plans and take the game as simple as possible. Some batters have brought in new shots but at the same time old school cricket rules."
"Yeah, it's been heartbreaking to see. From all of us at Sunrisers and also from all the Aussies who are loved here in India, our hearts go to all the victims and the families of all those that have been affected."
"Just one change. Jaydev Unadkat comes in, and Shami goes out, who is a part of the impact list. We need to bring someone in for the toss to win it. There is a call for optimism. We have played good on this surface. You look at the highlights and it's good to play here at Uppal. Get excited about the surface that we know very well. A couple of losses. You want to tweak a few things."
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