Kavya Maran Reaction on Kamindu Mendis Free Hit Miss: In the 43rd match of IPL (IPL) 2025, Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) defeated Chennai Super Kings (CSK) by 5 wickets to win their third win in the tournament. With this victory, SRH not only kept the hopes of reaching the playoffs alive but also jumped from 9th to 8th position in the points table.
In this match, Sunrisers Hyderabad’s victory was the hero Kamindu Mendis, who first caught a wonderful catch during the fielding and also took a wicket with the ball. After this, when he needed in the batting, he won the team by scoring an unbeaten 32 in 22 balls. However, during his batting, a moment also came when Sunrisers CEO Kavya Maran looked unhappy with him and his reaction went viral.
This incident was seen when Kamindu Mendis tried to hit a six on the free hit but he could not even touch the ball. After this, as soon as the cameraman did the focus on 32 -year -old Kavya, she looked quite unhappy. The incident was seen in the 16th over of Hyderabad’s innings, which was being done by Noor Ahmed. Noor Ahmed of Chennai oversight in this over and Mendis, who was batting for 15 runs, got a free hit.
On the free hit ball, Mendis needed a big shot but he missed this ball. The fans of Chennai celebrated this incident, but as usual, Kavya’s gesture made headlines. The camera captured Kavya’s animated response, which could have seen disappointment.
Edge-of-the-SEAT Drama!#Norahmad Oversteps, but #Kamindamendis can’t cash in on the free hit! Tension through the Roof!
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– Star Sports (@StarsportsIndia) April 25, 2025
Talking about this match, the Hyderabad bowlers came out to bowl after winning the toss and put pressure from the beginning of Chennai’s innings. Sheikh Rashid was dismissed on the first ball, and after that the wickets kept falling. Ayush Mhatre scored 30 runs, while Dewald Brevis scored the biggest innings of 42 runs but did not meet him from the other end. Deepak Hooda in the end played a fast innings of 22 runs to bring the score to 150. Hyderabad started to chase the target of 155 runs. Abhishek Sharma was out without opening an account, while Travis Head also scored 19 runs. However, after this Ishaan Kishan played an important innings of 44 runs and finally Kamindu Mendis (32*) and Nitish Reddy (19*) achieved the target with restraint. Hyderabad won the match by scoring 155 runs for 5 wickets in 18.4 overs.
