IPL 2025: Mumbai Indians shock, Vignesh Puthur out of tournament, this player replaced
Vignesh Puthur Ruled out from IPL 2025: Mumbai Indians have suffered a setback between IPL 2025 and left -arm wrist spinner Vignesh Puthur has been eliminated from the remaining season due to tension in the bones of both the calves. The franchise has signed unaccounted legspiner Raghu Sharma as a replacement of Puthur. The franchise has given this information on Thursday. The team can give him a chance in front of Rajasthan Royals on Thursday. He has joined MI at a base price of Rs 30 lakh from the RAPP list.
Who is Raghu Sharma
Born on 11 March 1993 in Jalandhar, Punjab, Raghu is a right -handed leg break bowler. He has represented Punjab and Puducherry in domestic cricket. In 11 first -class matches, he has taken 57 wickets at an average of 19.59, with his best bowling performance 7/56. In List A Cricket, he has taken 14 wickets in 9 matches, with his best performance 4/37. He has also participated in 3 T20 matches and has taken 3 wickets.
Vignesh’s dream debut
Vignesh played five matches for Mumbai Indians, in which he took six wickets and made his debut match memorable by taking three wickets against Chennai Super Kings. Vignesh dismissed Gaikwad, Shivam Dubey and Deepak Hooda in their first match against Chennai Super Kings and in their four overs he scored 3-32 figures. He has taken six wickets with an economy of 9.08 in the five matches played in the tournament before being injured.
The franchise said in a statement, “Vignesh will remain with the team to focus on their recovery and rehabilitation with the Mumbai Indians Medical and S&C team.” Before playing in the IPL, Vignesh worked as a net bowler for MI Cape Town and had the opportunity to train with Rashid Khan, one of the best T20 cricket spinners. Mumbai Indians, which did not start well in this session, has now reached the top three in the table by registering five consecutive wins.
Rajasthan will like to keep the hopes of playoffs alive
Mumbai Indians will compete with Rajasthan Royals on Thursday in the grounds of Jaipur. According to Indian time, the broadcast of the match will begin at 7.30 pm. Both teams have reached here after winning their previous match. While Mumbai wants to strengthen her claim in the play -off, Rajasthan would like to keep herself alive in Royals Play -off. Let me tell you, Mumbai Indians have 12 points with 6 wins and four defeats in 10 matches and their net run rate is +0.889, while Rajasthan Royals is in eighth position in the points table and its net run rate is -0.349. Rajasthan has 3 points with 3 wins and seven defeats in 10 matches.
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