Mumbai Indians bowler Vignesh Puthur has been ruled out of the remainder of IPL 2025 due to an injury. The youngster made his IPL debut earlier in March in MI’s IPL 2025 tournament opener against CSK. Puthur has played 5 matches so far and picked up as many wickets before his season was cut short.
Vignesh Puthur ruled out
As per a press release, Puthur has been ruled out due to a bone stress reactions in both shins. MI have named Raghu Sharma as his replacement. The team informed that Vignesh will continue to stay with the team to focus on his recovery and rehabilitation with the Mumbai Indians Medical and S&C team.
Who is Raghu Sharma?
Raghu Sharma has played 11 first class, 9 List A and 3 T20 matches for Punjab and Pondicherry. He has picked five 5-wicket hauls and three 10-wicket hauls in his first class career so far. Raghu had a good outing in the 2024-25 Vijay Hazare Trophy for Punjab, picking 14 wickets in 9 matches.
MI squad for IPL 2025
Ryan Rickelton(w), Rohit Sharma, Will Jacks, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya(c), Naman Dhir, Corbin Bosch, Trent Boult, Deepak Chahar, Karn Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Raj Bawa, Satyanarayana Raju, Robin Minz, Reece Topley, Raghu Sharma, Mitchell Santner, Ashwani Kumar, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Arjun Tendulkar, Bevon Jacobs, Krishnan Shrijith
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