According to sources, top pacer Jasprit Bumrah has been ruled out of the 2025 Indian Premier League season, dealing the Mumbai Indians a severe blow ahead of the competition. During the fifth and final Test match in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 in Sydney, the Indian bowler suffered a lower-back injury. The seamer hasn’t played cricket since, and he didn’t play in India’s Champions Trophy 2025 victory either.
Throughout his career, Jasprit Bumrah body has suffered due to the immense strain his bowling action has placed on it. The bowler returned for the 2023 Asia Cup and the ODI World Cup after missing nearly 11 months of cricket due to a similar injury in 2022. Since the problem has recently resurfaced, his comeback lasted for around a year and a half.
The speedster’s arrival to the Mumbai Indians’ camp is uncertain, according to ESPNcricinfo. Notably, Jasprit Bumrah had had scans earlier this year before being disqualified from both the Champions Trophy and the England series. Now, the Ahmedabad native will also likely miss the IPL 2025 opening. Before he could join MI’s lineup for the season, he would need to be cleared by the BCCI Centre of Excellence.
For those who are unaware, MI will not have captain Hardik Pandya for their opening league games against the Chennai Super Kings on March 23 and the Gujarat Titans on March 29. Following MI’s subsequent slow over-rates during the 2024 edition while he was captain, Pandya was suspended for two games. Therefore, Jasprit Bumrah unavailability deals the five-time winners a double blow.
Jasprit Bumrah career would finish if he sustained another injury at the same location: Shane Bond
Shane Bond, a seasoned pacer from New Zealand, recently stated that Bumrah’s bowling career may come to an end if India’s top pacer takes another hit at the same location. In light of India’s impending four-game Test visit to England, Bond, a former bowling coach for Mumbai, said Bumrah has a certain amount of risk to play in the IPL.
“They might point out that there are four Test matches overall. or three. We can definitely proceed with some assurance that we can carry him across the remaining formats if we can get him through the English summer and he’s healthy. He is your greatest bowler, so that’s challenging, but if he sustains another injury there, it might terminate his career because I’m not sure you can have surgery there again,” Bond was cited as saying.
India
