Punjab Spinner Steps In for Injured Vignesh Puthur in Mumbai Indians Squad
Mumbai Indians' left-arm wrist spinner Vignesh Puthur has been ruled out of IPL 2025 due to injury. In his place, Punjab leg-spinner Raghu Sharma has been included in the team. Raghu had performed brilliantly in the Vijay Hazare Trophy and has now become a part of the Mumbai Indians core squad.
The 24-year-old left-arm wrist spinner Vignesh Puthur, who made his debut with Mumbai Indians in IPL 2025, has been ruled out of the tournament due to injury. Raghu Sharma has been named as Puthur's replacement.
Vignesh has suffered a bone strain in both calves of his leg due to which he had to be ruled out of IPL 2025. Punjab leg-spinner Raghu was part of the Mumbai Indians support bowlers but has now joined the main team.
Raghu Sharma has played 11 first-class, 9 List A and three T20 matches for Punjab and Pondicherry. So far in his first-class career, Raghu has taken five 5-wicket hauls and three 10-wicket hauls. Raghu had performed quite well for Punjab in the 2024-25 Vijay Hazare Trophy and took 14 wickets in 9 matches.
Talking about Vignesh, this season he played five matches for Mumbai Indians and took six wickets. He made his debut against Chennai Super Kings and picked up three wickets. He will remain with the Mumbai Indians medical and S&C squad to focus on his recovery and rehabilitation.
"Vignesh will continue to be with the Mumbai Indians Medical and Strength & Conditioning team to focus on his recovery and rehab,We wish him a speedy recovery!" the Mumbai Indians franchise said in a statement.
If we talk about Mumbai Indians' IPL 2025 campaign, they did not have a good start and lost four out of five matches. After this, Mumbai made a great comeback and won five consecutive matches. Now they have reached the top four in the points table. Mumbai have won 6 out of 10 matches and are in third place with 12 points. If Mumbai win two of their remaining matches, then they are almost certain to qualify for the playoffs.