How Have MI Coped With Jasprit Bumrah's Injury-Ridden Absence In IPL 2025?

Mumbai Indians players celebrating a wicket in IPL 2025 [Source: IPLT20.COM]

The absence of Jasprit Bumrah has undeniably left a void in the Mumbai Indians’ bowling arsenal, stripping them of their most potent pace spearhead. The franchise has now been compelled to modify its bowling blueprint and distribute responsibility across a relatively untested combination for the early stages of IPL 2025.

In the wake of Bumrah’s back injury and ongoing rehabilitation, the Mumbai Indians team management has had to rely on tactical flexibility, fellow senior pacemen and emerging talents to shoulder the burden of fast bowling duties.

Here, we take a look at how the five-time winners have fared in IPL 2025 so far without the services of their most lethal and experienced speedster.

Boult, Chahar And Pandya's Holy Trinity

In the absence of Jasprit Bumrah, the responsibility of sharing the new ball has befallen New Zealand speed demon Trent Boult and India’s cunning T20 pace operator Deepak Chahar. While Boult has managed to pick up the occasional wicket while keeping a check on the opposition’s run flow, Chahar has thrived with new-ball wickets despite leaking runs in his early overs.

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The two cricketers have collectively picked up six wickets in the first three matches of IPL 2025, with Chahar chipping in with four of them at an impressive average of 19 but with a slightly expensive economy of 9.50. 

Deepak Chahar's IPL 2025 stats

Boult’s economy, on the other hand, reads an astonishing 7.63 after three innings, largely owing to his match-winning four-over spell of 1-23 against the Kolkata Knight Riders at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium on March 31. Here’s a detailed look at Deepak Chahar and Trent Bout’s numbers in IPL 2025 so far.

Trent Boult's IPL 2025 stats

Captain Hardik Pandya has also done his bid for the Mumbai Indians by maintaining impressive economy rate in his two IPL 2025 appearances so far. 

In the match against Gujarat Titans in Ahmedabad on March 29, the all-rounder picked up the key wickets of Shubman Gill and Shahrukh Khan to claim figures of 2-29 from four overs, doing so in an innings where the Titans mounted 196-8 upfront.

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In his next match against KKR in Wankhede, Hardik Pandya bowled a couple of overs to concede just 10 runs with an added bonus of a wicket. Among all Mumbai Indians bowlers in IPL 2025, Pandya holds the best economy rate by a landslide, conceding runs at just 6.50 an over.

Hardik Pandya IPL 2025 stats

Credit To MI Scouts For Unearthing Ashwani Kumar And Vignesh Puthur

Making his debut in the match against KKR, 23-year-old Punjab-born fast bowler Ashwani Kumar shot himself to national prominence by snaring record figures of 4-24 from three overs. The young speedster dismissed Ajinkya Rahane with the new ball before curtailing dangermen Rinku Singh, Manish Pandey and Andre Russell in the slog overs.

Ashwani Kumar IPL 2025 stats

Mumbai Indians’ spin department has also been ably helmed by uncapped Indian cricketer Vignesh Puthur. Spotted by the dynamic talent scouts of Mumbai Indians, Puthur made his IPL debut with the match against CSK, and celebrated the occasion with the big wickets of Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shivam Dube and Deepak Hooda to seize figures of 3-32. Puthur picked up another wicket against KKR to start off his IPL journey with four wickets from two games.

Vignesh Puthur IPL 2025 stats

Conclusion

All in all, the Mumbai Indians' bowling department seems to be coping well in the absence of the injured Jasprit Bumrah, with some tight spells from Trent Boult and Hardik Pandya, the new-ball excellence of Deepak Chahar, and the emergence of Ashwani Kumar and Vignesh Puthur providing timely breakthroughs.

The addition of Bumrah into the Mumbai Indians' set-up at this stage of the season will only bolster their bowling firepower and enhance their prospects in the tournament.

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