The latest reports suggest he hasn’t recovered from this injury yet, jeopardising his participation in IPL 2025.
Mumbai Indians (MI) have more injury concerns, as the English pacer Reece Topley is almost certain to miss the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. The left-arm speedster suffered a groin injury during the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) 2025 while playing for Sylhet Strikers, which ended his tournament prematurely.
He returned to England midway through the competition for further treatment. The latest reports suggest he hasn’t recovered from this injury yet, jeopardising his participation in the upcoming league.
Mumbai Indians bought Reece Topley for INR 75 Lakhs in the mega auction. Topley has always been injury-prone and often finds himself on the sidelines.
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He hasn’t played competitive cricket since being ruled out of BPL 2025. This latest update means he will remain away from the action for a long time. Allah Ghazanfar is already ruled out, while Lizaad Williams is also injured. This update on Topley means MI might be without most first-choice overseas bowlers.
Reece Topley’s new-ball skillsets were one of the biggest reasons behind his acquisition by the five-time champions in the auction. He is a left-arm pacer who can move the new ball both ways and would’ve some assistance in Wankhede Stadium.
Mumbai’s home games always feature a significant new ball movement and MI like to have left-arm pacers in their squads. Topley was a budget pick for them, but they should have considered his vulnerabilities, as he hardly ever goes through a tournament without an injury.
The bowling unit will become more feeble now that Topley won’t feature and MI will have to look for alternatives. It’s hard to replace someone like Topley, who is highly skilled and capable of moving the ball both ways early in the innings.
Overall, he has five wickets at 36.40 runs apiece in five IPL innings, all coming for Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in the previous two seasons. Unfortunately, injuries also kept him out in the last few IPL seasons and a familiar tale seems to be repeating in a fresh IPL edition.
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