Mumbai Indians will miss two key players for their IPL 2025 against Chennai Super Kings on March 23.
The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 is just around the corner and as is often the case, Mumbai Indians (MI) will be one of the title contenders this time around. Mumbai Indians, however, suffered a rare league stage exit from the tournament in IPL 2024, which was also Hardik Pandya’s first season as the skipper of the franchise. Mumbai Indians finished in 10th place in IPL 2024 with just four wins in 14 games.
Hardik Pandya too had a mediocre campaign on his sensational return to MI, scoring just 214 runs and taking 11 wickets. The five-time champions, though, would hope that their fortunes change this time under the former Gujarat Titans skipper. However, in what comes as a massive setback, Hardik Pandya along with pacer Jasprit Bumrah won’t be available for Mumbai Indians’ (MI) opening IPL 2025 match against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on March 23.
Hardik Pandya and Jasprit Bumrah will not be available for Mumbai Indians’ IPL 2025 opener against Chennai Super Kings due to two different reasons. During Mumbai Indians’ last league game of IPL 2024 against Lucknow Super Giants, Hardik was handed a one-match ban and a fine of INR 30 lakh for a slow over-rate offence. That was MI’s third offence of the season, due to which the captain was suspended for one match.
Jasprit Bumrah, on the other hand, has not played competitive cricket since January this year, when he sustained a back spasm during the fifth Test against Australia in Sydney. He eventually missed the rest of the Test match, the home limited-overs series against England as well as the 2025 Champions Trophy that India won.
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Bumrah is currently undergoing rehabilitation at Bengaluru’s BCCI Centre of Excellence but there is no official word on his possible return date. The Gujarat pacer is thus likely to miss Mumbai Indians’ initial few matches in IPL 2025.
Jasprit Bumrah played 13 matches for Mumbai Indians in IPL 2024 and ended up taking 20 wickets. His economy was impressive at 6.48 and his best bowling figures of 5/21 last season came against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium.
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