In addition to missing Friday’s IPL 2025 match between the Mumbai Indians (MI) and the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), Jasprit Bumrah is also questionable for MI’s upcoming match on April 7 at home against the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB).
But according to ESPNcricinfo, Bumrah, who has been in treatment since January due to lower back pain brought on by stress, is getting closer to playing again. At the BCCI’s Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru, he has been increasing his bowling workload in recent weeks, and it is believed that he will soon be taking the last round of fitness tests. Bumrah can only join MI and play in the IPL after receiving the all-clear from the BCCI medical staff.
It is known that Bumrah has been careful himself and wants to make sure he is completely healthy before playing again. This is in light of the fact that India will begin a five-Test series in England on June 28.
With Trent Boult and Deepak Chahar spearheading the attack and Hardik Pandya serving as the other seam-bowling option in the lineup, MI has played three IPL 2025 games thus far, winning one and losing two.
In Jasprit Bumrah absence, they have given debuts to players like Ashwani Kumar, Vignesh Puthur, and Satyanarayana Raju.
Mahela Jayawardene, the head coach of MI, discussed the “challenge” of starting the season without Bumrah on March 19, which was the last update on the player. It was agreed at the time that Bumrah would join the team in April but miss MI’s games in March. That has been postponed.
Beginning in 2013, Jasprit Bumrah has played all of his IPL cricket for MI, taking 165 wickets in 133 games throughout that time. He has only missed one IPL season since he began playing, in 2023, due to a back issue.
On the second day of the last Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test in Sydney on January 4, he sustained the most recent injury. India won the Champions Trophy last month, but Jasprit Bumrah was later disqualified. After undergoing surgery in March 2023, this is the first time Jasprit Bumrah has suffered a back problem.
India’s top selector, Ajit Agarkar, stated that Jasprit Bumrah had been instructed by the BCCI medical team to take a minimum of five weeks off from the SCG Test when he announced the Champions Trophy squad in January. As the Champions Trophy didn’t begin until February 19, Jasprit Bumrah was part of India’s reserve team. In early February, he went to Bengaluru for more scans, but he was not included in the final team because he was still uncomfortable.
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