Vignesh Puthur, who will miss the rest of the 2025 Indian Premier League due to injury, has been replaced by leg-spinner Raghu Sharma of the Mumbai Indians (MI).
Vignesh Puthur, who has been sidelined for the rest of the IPL 2025 due to injury, has been replaced by leg-spinner Raghu Sharma, the Mumbai Indians (MI) announced on Thursday. Raghu is playing in the IPL for the first time. He joins MI from the RAPP list for the basic salary of Rs 30 lakh. Raghu is a right-arm leg-break bowler who was born in Jalandhar, Punjab, on March 11, 1993. He has played domestic cricket for Puducherry and Punjab. He has taken 57 wickets at an average of 19.59 in 11 first-class games, with his best bowling statistics being 7/56.His best stats in List A cricket are 4/37, and he has taken 14 wickets in 9 games. In three T20 games, he has also taken three wickets.Vignesh took six wickets in five games for the Mumbai Indians, including a memorable three-wicket debut against CSK. Along with Saurabh Tiwary, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, and Tilak Varma, MI has discovered a number of youthful talents throughout the years, including a right-handed batter and a left-arm wrist spinner.
Even before he played senior representative cricket for his state, Vignesh made his IPL debut with the Mumbai Indians.He made a smooth transition to the IPL after being plucked from the Kerala T20 league, where he played for Alleppey Ripples. In his debut against Chennai Super Kings, he dismissed Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shivam Dube, and Deepak Hooda, finishing with figures of 3-32 in his four-over performance.
After that, he played four more games before being declared out of the tournament due to injury, recording records of 1-21, 1-31, 1-10, and 0-15.
Vignesh had the chance to train with Rashid Khan, one of the best wrist-spinners in T20 cricket, when playing net bowl for MI Cape Town prior to his IPL tenure.The Mumbai Indians, who had a rough start to the season, have already won five straight games and are comfortably ranked in the top three.
