Mumbai Indians (MI) have signed a new player, Raghu Sharma, in place of their injured spinner Vignesh Puthur. Before their crucial IPL 2025 game against Rajasthan Royals, MI confirmed that Puthur is out for the remainder of the season after suffering an injury. Vignesh Puthur made a great impression in his first game against Chennai Super Kings this season when he took 3 wickets. Overall, he featured in 5 games and picked 5 wickets. His final game was against Sunrisers Hyderabad, where he bowled just a single over. Sadly, a bone stress reaction in both of his shins compelled him to take a step back from action. In spite of the injury, he will remain with the MI team to work on his recovery with the assistance of the team's medical and fitness personnel. Also Read | They flew me to London for surgery: Suyash Sharma thank RCB for comeback Who is Raghu Sharma? 𝐑𝐚𝐠𝐡𝐮 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐕𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐡 𝐏𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐭 𝐌𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐢 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 #TATAIPL 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧.📰 Read more ➡ https://t.co/n9MJ7PvqlQ#MumbaiIndians #PlayLikeMumbai pic.twitter.com/a9Ia6XxLlZ — Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) May 1, 2025 Raghu Sharma is a 32-year-old Punjab-born leg-spinner who has been plying domestic cricket for quite a while now. Born on March 11, 1993, in Jalandhar, Raghu Sharma made his first-class debut back in 2017. Before getting signed up officially, Raghu was already in the MI camp as a net bowler. Although he has not played in the IPL earlier, Raghu does have fair experience playing Indian domestic cricket. He has appeared in 11 first-class games and grabbed 57 wickets with five 5-wicket and three 10-wicket hauls. His career-best bowling in first-class cricket is 7/56. In List A cricket, he grabbed 14 wickets from 9 matches with best figures of 4/37. He played 3 T20 matches as well, taking 3 wickets while maintaining an economy rate of 8 runs per over. He represented Punjab in the 2024–25 Vijay Hazare Trophy and enjoyed a decent stint, taking 14 wickets from 9 matches. Raghu has signed with MI at his base price of ₹30 lakhs. Though it is doubtful if he will get to play right away, this is a major breakthrough for him since he gets the opportunity to become part of an IPL team after all those years of dedication. Raghu Sharma Bowling VIGNESH PUTHUR HAS BEEN RULED OUT OF IPL 2025.Raghu Sharma has been signed by MI as his replacement.Raghu Sharma is Good Bowler 💙 pic.twitter.com/Tfas4okiEY — Pull Shot (@CricRaj_45) May 1, 2025 Also Read | "One of the best days...": Dhoni reflects on CSK's loss vs PBKS Raghu Sharma Stats Format Matches Innings Runs Wickets BBI ER 4w 5w 10w FC 11 19 1117 57 7/56 3.22 3 5 3 List A 9 9 361 14 4/37 5.33 1 0 0 T20s 3 3 88 3 2/34 8.00 0 0 0 Mumbai Indians will hope Raghu Sharma can step up if called upon, especially as they continue their push for the playoffs.