Mumbayan Indian Jasprit Bumrah during the training before the Indian Premier League match against the Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai. (PTI) Jasprit Bumrah was included in Mumbai Indians’ playing XI for the match against the Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the WankHhed stadium in IPL 2025 on Monday. It has been more than three months since Bumrah last took the field, last appeared for India in the fifth and final test Trophy Border-Gavascar in Sydney.
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Chief coach Mumbai Indians Mahela Jayawardene confirmed that Bumra’s return after recovering from stress injuries. Bumrah, who took 32 goals in Australia before the postponement, joined the camp on Saturday after receiving a permission from Bcci’s Center of Excellence (COE) in Bengalur.
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The highly anticipated clash VS RCB gives me Rohit Sharma and Virt Kohli, but Bumhrah’s return has become a focus. RCB currently holds the third position with two wins and one loss, while sitting eighth with one victory and three losses.
“It is available, trains today and should be available (for RCB play). He arrived last night, had his session with the NCA (now the Center of Excellence) to complete it, to be handed over to our physical.
“You know Jasprit that it will be ready for it. We are very happy to have it in the camp, the experience it brings, the other voice in the middle, chatting with a bould, chatting with Deepak or other younger pitch, giving this advice is also very valuable for us.
Bumhrah’s return comes as significant support for the Indians in Mumbai who had to rely on inexperienced, Indian players such as Spinner Vignesh Puthur and Pacers Ashwani Kumar and Satyanarayan Raja in his absence. Jayawarden stressed that the team needs to give Burah space and not expect too much because he returns after a long break.
BCCI captivated careful access with Bumrah recovery and ensured that it would reach full of fitness before returning to the action. His other main task will be the Indian five test tour to England in June, which means the beginning of the Indian cycle of the ICC 2025-27 World Championship.
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Bumrah has been a decisive player for the Indians in Mumbai since his debut IPL in 2013 and claimed 165 goals in 133 matches. In 2023, he missed only one season due to the back injury that required surgery in March of the same year.
Although he ended up at the bottom of the table in their previous campaign, Bumrah appeared as a leading franchise goal and finished third overall. He captured 20 goals in 13 games on average 16.80, with his best characters were 5/21.
Stress injuries were kept by Bumhrah from the Indian series of white balls against England and ICC Champions Trophy, both of whom won India.
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