Hardik Pandya loses cool on coach Mahela Jayawardene right before SRH vs MI's IPL 2025, tense chat between duo goes viral

The tense chat between Mumbai Indians (MI) captain Hardik Pandya and head coach Mahela Jayawardene turned heads as he came right before their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 clash against Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium on April 23.

Heated chat between Hardik Pandya and Mahela Jayawardene goes viral

Mahela Jayawardene was reinstated as the head coach of the Mumbai Indians for the IPL 2025 season, succeeding Mark Boucher, who held the coaching position in 2023 and 2024. Under the guidance of the new head coach, Mumbai Indians have displayed notable improvement in their performance in the ongoing IPL 2025. Despite a shaky start to the tournament, where they secured only one win in their initial five matches, Paltans have since made a stunning comeback, clinching a hat-trick of wins to ascend to the sixth position on the Indian Premier League 2025 points table.

However, what happened right ahead of the Sunrisers Hyderabad versus Mumbai Indians clash left everyone wondering whether all is well between the captain and coach duo.

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MI captain Hardik Pandya was spotted getting engaged in an animated chat with coach Mahela Jayawardene. Hardik was seen in conversation with some Mumbai Indians team members, including Karn Sharma, standing next to Jayawardene before turning his attention towards the head coach and seemingly expressing his displeasure. MI skipper was seen speaking emphatically to Jayawardene, accompanied by animated hand gestures.

Following this exchange, Pandya walked away to begin his warm-up routine. Shortly thereafter, Jayawardene approached Pandya to initiate another conversation, but the MI skipper did not appear to be receptive to the interaction.

Watch the video here:

Talking about the match, MI won the toss and elected to bowl first against SRH.

After winning the toss, MI captain Hardik Pandya said:

"Feels good (on the applause). I would like to pass my condolences to the victims of the terrorist attack. We'll bowl first. Looks like a good track, just one change for us - Vignesh comes in for Ashwani. We need to just execute our plans and take the game as simply as possible, plan properly."

Meanwhile, SRH skipper Pat Cummins, after losing the toss, said:

"One change for us - Shami goes out. It is a cause for optimism, we know this surface and ground really well. We've played some really good cricket this year. (On the Pahalgam terror attack) It has been heartbreaking for us as well, our thoughts are with the victims and their families."

SRH's playing XI:

Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen(w), Aniket Verma, Pat Cummins(c), Harshal Patel, Jaydev Unadkat, Zeeshan Ansari, Eshan Malinga
Sunrisers Hyderabad Impact Subs: Abhinav Manohar, Sachin Baby, Rahul Chahar, Wiaan Mulder, Mohammed Shami

MI's playing XI:

Ryan Rickelton(w), Will Jacks, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya(c), Naman Dhir, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, Vignesh Puthur
Mumbai Indians Impact Subs: Rohit Sharma, Corbin Bosch, Raj Bawa, Satyanarayana Raju, Robin Minz