The fans are looking forward to the 2025 edition of Indian Premier League (IPL) which will start on March 22. There, in the first match, defending champion Kolkata Knight Riders will challenge Royal Challengers Bengaluru at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. Just ahead of the coveting tournament, five-time champions Mumbai Indians are expected to face a huge blow as their star pacer Jasprit Bumrah might miss the initial few matches.
The 31-year-old pacer is currently recuperating from a lower back injury that he suffered during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia in January.
As reported by the Times Of India, Bumrah is most likely to miss the initial two or three games for Mumbai Indians as a precautionary measure.
“Bumrah’s medical reports are okay. He has resumed bowling at the CoE. However, it is unlikely he’ll be able to bowl at the start of the IPL in another fortnight. As per current status, the first week of April looks a more realistic date for him to get back to high-intensity cricket,” the TOI report quoted a BCCI source as saying. ”.
“It’s SOP. The medical team will continue to increase the intensity and volume of workload. The medical team will not clear the athlete unless he has been bowling at maximum effort without any of discomfort for a number of days,” read the report.
Both Bumrah’s and Mohammed Shami’s injuries will be looked at by the BCCI and NCA management, since both players are expected to go on the England Tour following IPL 2025.
“How Shami and Bumrah endure the long IPL will be important. Shami is under constant watch. If the selectors get both of them together for two-three Tests, it will be the ideal situation. The team management will also be cautious of pushing the duo to pay all Tests together. Nobody wants either of them breaking down in the middle of a Test, like it happened with Bumrah in Sydney. Too much depended on Bumrah alone in Australia,” the report quoted sources as saying.