{"id":10424,"date":"2026-04-29T20:15:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T14:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/ipl-2026-why-mumbai-indians-players-are-wearing-black-armbands-vs-sunrisers-hyderabad-cricket-news\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T20:15:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T14:45:10","slug":"ipl-2026-why-mumbai-indians-players-are-wearing-black-armbands-vs-sunrisers-hyderabad-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/ipl-2026-why-mumbai-indians-players-are-wearing-black-armbands-vs-sunrisers-hyderabad-cricket-news\/","title":{"rendered":"IPL 2026: Why Mumbai Indians players are wearing black armbands vs Sunrisers Hyderabad | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-130610199,imgsize-42800,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/mi-vs-srh.jpg\" alt=\"IPL 2026: Why Mumbai Indians players are wearing black armbands vs Sunrisers Hyderabad\" title=\"MI skipper Hardik Pandya and SRH captain Pat Cummins during the toss. (Pic credit: IPL)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"MI skipper Hardik Pandya and SRH captain Pat Cummins during the toss. (Pic credit: IPL)\">MI skipper Hardik Pandya and SRH captain Pat Cummins during the toss. (Pic credit: IPL)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: Players of <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/mumbai-indians\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Mumbai Indians<\/a> were seen wearing black armbands during their IPL 2026 clash against Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Wankhede Stadium on Wednesday, with the franchise confirming the heartfelt reason behind the gesture.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>In an official statement, Mumbai Indians revealed that the armbands were worn following the untimely demise of a support staff member\u2019s daughter.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Live Score:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/ipl-2026\/ipl-2026-mi-vs-srh-ipl-live-score-update-mumbai-indians-vs-sunrisers-hyderabad-cricket-match-today-scorecard-ipl-news-rohit-sharma-abhishek-sharma-hardik-pandya-wankhede\/liveblog\/130603448.cms\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">MI vs SRH, IPL 2026<\/a><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>\u201cDue to the untimely demise of our support staff&#8217;s daughter, Mumbai Indians players will wear black arm bands today, in remembrance and solidarity with the family,\u201d the franchise was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>The moment added an emotional layer to what was otherwise a high-stakes encounter in the IPL 2026, with players uniting in support of one of their own behind the scenes.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Toss decisions and team updates<\/span><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>On the field, MI skipper <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/player-profile\/hardik-pandya\/63751\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Hardik Pandya<\/a> won the toss and opted to bat first, citing favourable conditions.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/>\u201cLooks like a good, breezy day\u2026 I don\u2019t think dew will be a factor. We\u2019re just gonna bat and see how much we can score,\u201d Hardik said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/>He also spoke about the team\u2019s recent approach: \u201cIt was important to reset, not get too complicated\u2026 we\u2019ve had good sessions and just want to come out and play our best cricket.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"27\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Rohit Sharma<\/span><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\"> still sidelined<\/span><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"30\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"31\"\/>One of the major talking points remained the absence of Rohit Sharma, who continues to recover.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"34\"\/>\u201cRohit\u2019s gonna take a couple of more games\u2026 it\u2019s not up to where he would want, so not available,\u201d Hardik confirmed, outlining a cautious return timeline.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"36\"\/>Opener Quinton de Kock also missed out due to a wrist issue, with Ryan Rickelton and Robin Minz coming into the XI.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"38\"\/>SRH captain Pat Cummins said he expected a slightly tricky surface.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"40\"\/>\u201cThere might be a bit of tackiness\u2026 just execute skills and don\u2019t overthink it,\u201d Cummins noted, adding that adapting quickly would be key.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"42\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>MI vs SRH Playing XIs<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"44\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"cdatainfo   id-r-component \" data-pos=\"45\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mumbai Indians XI:<\/strong> Ryan Rickelton (w), Will Jacks, Naman Dhir, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (c), Robin Minz, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, AM Ghazanfar, Ashwani Kumar.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sunrisers Hyderabad XI:<\/strong> Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan, Heinrich Klaasen, Salil Arora (w), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Pat Cummins (c), Harsh Dubey, Sakib Hussain, Praful Hinge, Eshan Malinga<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/ipl-2026\/ipl-2026-why-mumbai-indians-players-are-wearing-black-armbands-vs-sunrisers-hyderabad\/articleshow\/130610158.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MI skipper Hardik Pandya and SRH captain Pat Cummins during the toss. (Pic credit: IPL) NEW DELHI: Players of Mumbai Indians were seen wearing black armbands during their IPL 2026 clash against Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Wankhede Stadium on Wednesday, with the franchise confirming the heartfelt reason behind the gesture.In an official statement, Mumbai Indians [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10425,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-10424","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10424\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}