Jonny Bairstow played two games for Mumbai Indians in IPL 2025.
England’s Jonny Bairstow played a couple of games for the Mumbai Indians (MI) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. He was named as a replacement for fellow countryman Will Jacks, who missed the IPL playoffs because of England commitments. Jacks played in the limited-overs series against the West Indies in June.
Meanwhile, Bairstow played both the Eliminator against the Gujarat Titans (GT) as well as the Qualifier 2 match against the Punjab Kings (PBKS). Unfortunately, the five-time champions lost the second game.
MAL
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HKG
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WI
–
AUS
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WI
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AUS
–
RWA
25/3
BHN
163/6
BHN
–
ML
–
RWA
–
ML
–
ROM
128/9
AUST
129/3
Austria won by 7 wickets
HUN
93/10
ROM
94/0
Romania beat Hungary by 10 wickets
HUN
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LUX
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ROM
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LUX
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HUN
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AUST
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AUST
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LUX
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ALZ
114/2
RPH
108/6
Alby Zalmi CC won by 8 wickets
MAR
102/7
HDN
104/1
Huddinge beat Marsta CC by 9 wickets
MAR
93/8
ALZ
118/7
Alby Zalmi CC beat Marsta CC by 25 runs
HDN
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RPH
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MAR
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HDN
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ALZ
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JIHCC
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RPH
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MAR
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JIHCC
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ALZ
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RPH
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JIHCC
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ALZ
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RPH
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BOT-W
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MWW-W
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EWW-W
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LSN-W
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RWA-W
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SLO-W
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CW-W
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MZW-W
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FEK
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RLC
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KRMPS
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ALECC
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GUJCC
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SUL
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FRC
79/3
UTC
77/7
Fatemi Resources Cricket Club beat Utkal Cricket Club by 7 wickets
JBK
97/3
MKP
99/4
MR KB Putrajaya won by 6 wickets
KLG
61/6
MXC
62/5
Maxx Cricket Club beat KL Gladiators by 5 wickets
SWCL
119/2
MBMS
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Match abandoned due to rain
FRC
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KLG
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JBK
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SWCL
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UTC
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MXC
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MKP
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MBMS
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KNY
124/8
UGA
65/2
NIG
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NBA
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UAE
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NIG
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KNY
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NBA
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YAR
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MMS
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MAK
166/3
ASS
165/7
Mis Ainak Knights won by 7 wickets
BAD
177/7
SGT
75/3
MAK
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BDS
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ASS
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SGT
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WIU19-W
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USAU19-W
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PNC
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SAC
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IAC
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AAC
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PNC
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WIC
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NZ
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SA
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IRE-W
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ZIM-W
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Against GT, Bairstow scored 47 runs from 22 balls and was involved in an 81-run partnership with Rohit Sharma for the first wicket. In the Qualifier 2 match against the finalists, the 35-year-old scored 38 runs from 22 balls. However, the veteran cricketer’s efforts in that match went in vain as Punjab Kings clinched a five-wicket win.
Despite performing well, Bairstow, however, cannot be retained by MI ahead of the IPL 2026 auction. Let’s understand why.
Jonny Bairstow joined the Mumbai Indians only as a temporary replacement for Will Jacks in IPL 2025. This was confirmed on May 20, after the season resumed post a one-week suspension due to the political tensions between India and Pakistan at that time.
Several overseas players, including Mitchell Starc and Jake Fraser-McGurk, had opted out of the remainder of the tournament ahead of IPL 2025’s resumption because of reasons varying from personal reasons to international commitments. This led to the BCCI introducing the temporary replacement rule.
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This meant that IPL franchises could replace an unavailable player with another player who was available. However, unlike the normal replacements, the temporary replacement players will go to the auction pool for IPL 2026.
“Given the non-availability of certain foreign players due to national commitments or personal reasons or any injury or illness, Temporary Replacement Players will be allowed until the conclusion of this tournament,” the IPL had stated in May.
“This decision is subject to the condition that the Temporary Replacement players taken from this point forward will not be eligible for retention in the following year. Temporary Replacement players will have to register for the IPL Player Auction 2026,” added the IPL in their memo.
Jonny Bairstow has played for several teams in the IPL, including Sunrisers Hyderabad and Punjab Kings. Overall, he has played 52 IPL games and has scored 1,674 runs at a strike-rate of 146.07. He has scored nine fifties and two centuries.
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