Mumbai Indians Signal Raghu Sharma As Vignesh Puthur’s Alternative For IPL 2025

Mumbai Indians (MI) have signed leg-spinner Raghu Sharma as a alternative for Vignesh Puthur, who has been dominated out of the rest of the IPL 2025 attributable to damage, the franchise mentioned on Thursday. This marks Raghu’s maiden stint within the IPL. He joins MI on the base worth of Rs 30 lakh from the RAPP checklist. Raghu, born on March 11, 1993, in Jalandhar, Punjab, is a right-arm leg-break bowler. He has represented Punjab and Puducherry in home cricket. In 11 first-class matches, he has taken 57 wickets at a median of 19.59, with greatest bowling figures of seven/56. In List A cricket, he has claimed 14 wickets in 9 matches, with greatest figures of 4/37. He has additionally featured in 3 T20 matches, selecting up 3 wickets.

Vignesh performed 5 video games for Mumbai Indians, selecting up six wickets and had a debut to recollect with three wickets towards CSK. A right-handed batter and a left-arm wrist spinner was one of many younger gems that MI have unearthed through the years, becoming a member of the likes of Saurabh Tiwary, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya and Tilak Varma amongst others.

Vignesh made his IPL debut for Mumbai Indians even earlier than taking part in senior consultant cricket for his state. Plucked out of the Kerala T20 league, the place he performed for Alleppey Ripples, he made a profitable step-up to the IPL, dismissing Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shivam Dube and Deepak Hooda on debut towards Chennai Super Kings, ending with the figures of 3-32 in his four-over spell.

He then registered the figures of 1-21, 1-31, 1-10 and 0-15 within the subsequent 4 video games he performed earlier than getting dominated out of the match attributable to damage.

Before his IPL stint, Vignesh served as a web bowler for MI Cape Town and had the chance to coach with Rashid Khan, one of many most interesting wrist-spinners in T20 cricket.

Mumbai Indians, who had a shaky begin of the season, now have comfortably positioned within the high three within the standing after registering 5 wins on the trot.