Jasprit Bumrah’s injury timeline: Key dates and events on road to IPL 2025 comeback
Jasprit Bumrah’s injury timeline: Key dates and events on road to IPL 2025 comeback
Jasprit Bumrah will miss the initial matches of IPL 2025 for Mumbai Indians (MI) as he continues recovering from a back injury that has sidelined him since January.
Here is a timeline of the key developments.
– Jasprit Bumrah suffers a stress-related lower back injury during the final Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test in Sydney.
– India’s chief selector Ajit Agarkar announces that Bumrah has been advised at least five weeks of rest by the BCCI medical team.
– Despite the injury, Bumrah is named in India’s provisional squad for the Champions Trophy.
– Travels to Bengaluru for fresh scans to assess his back injury.
– Still feeling discomfort, Bumrah is left out of India’s final Champions Trophy squad.
– Reports confirm Bumrah will miss the start of IPL 2025 for MI. He is expected to join the squad by early April, pending medical clearance.
– Mumbai Indians’ first IPL match vs. Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in Chennai.
– India embarks on a five-Test series in England after IPL 2025. Concerns rise over Bumrah’s workload and injury risk.
