IPL 2025 injury updates: Uncertainty over Jasprit Bumrah’s return, Sanju Samson nears clearing

The Indian Premier League (IPL), India’s largest T20 cricket spectacle, is on its way, and a number of teams have already begun preparing for the 2025 season. Due to the ongoing uncertainty around his injury condition, Jasprit Bumrah’s name has been in the news a lot. The Center of Excellence (COE), also known as Bengaluru’s National Cricket Academy, had not yet granted fitness clearance to a number of players undergoing rehabilitation due to injury concerns prior to the start of the season.

Regarding Jasprit Bumrah return for the 2025 IPL, there is uncertainty.

In addition to Bumrah, a number of other speed bowlers are awaiting final permission, which would give them immediate eligibility to participate in the 2017 IPL season. For those who do not know, Bumrah had surgery in 2023 to treat a recurrent back ailment that prevented him from playing in the Sydney Test during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

Bumrah’s development has been carefully monitored by Nitin Patel, the current Sports Science Chief, according to. It was also disclosed that the pacer, who was born in Ahmedabad, is expected to get the final approval by the end of March. Regarding Jasprit Bumrah’s participation in the 2025 Indian Premier League wearing the Mumbai Indians (MI) uniform, however, there are still questions surrounding him.

Notably, MI will play the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at Chepauk on March 23 in the opening match of the IPL season. According to rumors, Bumrah might play against the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on March 31 in Mumbai, nevertheless, considering his current situation.

Sanju Samson is partially cleared, and if he is not, Jurel will keep wickets.

Sanju Samson, the captain of the Rajasthan Royals (RR) and a handsome wicketkeeper-batter, passed the fitness test for batting but is still unsure of his wicketkeeping health. Samson just had surgery for a broken finger. He might join the team, though, following a few more tests. Dhruv Jurel is probably going to take the team’s wicketkeeping duties if he is unable to join RR in time. On March 23, Rajasthan will travel to meet Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in their tournament debut.

Likely to receive fitness clearance are two pacers from Lucknow.

Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, and Avesh Khan are three excellent pacers that the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) are still waiting to be cleared for. Express pacer Mayank Yadav hasn’t played cricket since October of last year after missing time due to a back stress issue. On the other hand, Avesh Khan has been in rehabilitation for a long period due to a knee injury. He didn’t play a game since January versus Kerala. He had injections for his persistent knee problems during the Madhya Pradesh match, it was also disclosed.

Finally, there have been very little updates regarding Mohsin Khan’s injury. He last participated in a Chandigarh vs. Uttar Pradesh (UP) Vijay Hazare Trophy match in December of last year. It is anticipated that at least two of the pacers, if not all of them, will receive fitness clearance prior to LSG’s match against the Delhi Capitals (DC) on March 24 in Vizag (Visakhapatnam).