
Afghanistan spinner Mujib ur Rehman has replaced his compatriot Allah Ghazanfar in the team of Mumbai Indians before the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 season. Kishore spinner Ghaznafar L4 was ruled out of the tournament due to fracture in vertebra, especially in the left -foot internerticularis, which he was on a tour of Zimbabwe in Afghanistan in December. The Mumbai -based franchise bought Ghazanfar for Rs 4.80 crore in the IPL 2025 mega auction last November.
The IPL statement said, “Mumbai Indians chose Mujib-ur-Rehman as a replacement of Allah Ghaznafar for the upcoming edition of Tata Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. Allah Ghaznafar is out of this season due to injury. Have gone. “
Right -handed off -spinner Mujib, who has played 19 IPL matches and has taken 19 wickets in his name, has joined Mumbai Indians at a base price of Rs 2 crore. He last played for Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in IPL 2021. Earlier, he played three seasons with Punjab Kings (PBKS). The 23 -year -old has taken 275 wickets from an economy of 6.75 in 256 T20.
Interestingly, 18 -year -old Ghazanfar was included in the Kolkata Knight Riders team in place of injured Mujib ur Rehman, who won the 2024 Indian Premier League, but did not play a single game for the franchise. Young off -spinners were also out of the upcoming Champions Trophy due to injury. Nangyal Kharoti has been replaced by Nangyal Kharoti in the 15 -member team of Afghanistan for the tournament.
Mumbai Indians Team: Jaspreet Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Rohit Sharma, Tilak Verma, Trent Bolt, Naman Dhir, Robin Minj, Karn Sharma, Ryan Reclon, Deepak Chahar, Mujib ur Rehman, Will Jack, Ashwini Kumar, Michel Senner, Rece Topley, Krishnan Shreejit, Raj Angad Bawa, Satyanarayana Raju, Bewon Jacobs, Arjun Tendulkar, Lizad Williams, Vignesh Puthur.
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