The leg spinner Raghu Sharma has been named as the replacement for injured Vignesh Puthur for the remainder of the IPL 2025 season.
He joins the Mumbai Indians squad for the base price of INR 30 lakh. “Vignesh will continue to be with the team to focus on his recovery and rehabilitation with the Mumbai Indians medical and S&C team,” the franchise said in a statement.
Vignesh Puthur made his IPL debut for Mumbai Indians even before playing senior representative cricket for state.
Having made cut short of the Kerala T20 league, where he played for Alleppey Ripples, he made a successful step-up to the IPL, dismissing Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shivam Dube and Deepak Hooda on debut against Chennai Super Kings, finishing with the figures of 3-32 in his four-over spell.
Get well soon, Vignesh 🥹
Your #OneFamily wishes you a speedy recovery & we can’t wait to see you back on the field soon 💙#MumbaiIndians #PlayLikeMumbai pic.twitter.com/Yej0ylKT6z
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) May 1, 2025
He then registered the figures of 1-21, 1-31, 1-10 and 0-15 in the next four games he played before getting ruled out of the tournament due to injury. Vignesh has also served as a net bowler for MI Cape Town and had the opportunity to train with Rashid Khan, one of the finest wrist spinners in T20 cricket.
Raghu Sharma, who was part of MI’s net bowlers, will be making a maiden IPL stint this year. Over the years in his cricket career, he has represented Punjab and Pondicherry in domestic cricket over the years.
In 11 FC games, he has 57 wickets at an average of 19.59 and has 14 wickets in List A games and three in T20s.
Mumbai Indians who had a slow start in the tournament securing one win out of five games, they went on to become unstoppable winning five matches in a row storming in the top four of the IPL 2025 points table.
Mumbai Indians will play their next game against Rajasthan Royals on May 01 at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur.
