Mujeeb Ur Rahman replaces injured AM Ghazanfar in Mumbai Indians' squad for IPL 2025

Afghanistan offspinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman has supplanted his kinsman AM Ghazanfar in Mumbai Indians' (MI) crew for IPL 2025. Ghazanfar was controlled out of the Heroes Prize, what begins on Wednesday, and furthermore the IPL that follows, because of a back physical issue. The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) had tweeted about Ghazanfar's nonattendance from the Bosses Prize recently, referencing that he had supported "a crack of the L4 vertebra" during Afghanistan's visit through Zimbabwe last month. Ghazanfar, who had stowed his lady IPL contract after a splendid beginning to his ODI vocation, will be out of cricket for a long time. Mujeeb was most recently seen at the IPL in 2021, when he played a singular game for Sunrisers Hyderabad. He made his competition debut as a 17-year-old for Punjab Rulers and addressed them in 18 games across three seasons from 2018. Mujeeb has 275 T20 wickets at a normal of 23.67 and an economy pace of 6.75. Most as of late, he was with Paarl Royals at the SA20, where his side lost to finalists Sunrisers Eastern Cape in Qualifier 2. He was Royals' most noteworthy wicket-taker in the competition, with 14 wickets in 12 matches at a normal of 23.14. Until November last year, Mujeeb also was out harmed for quite some time because of a right phalanx (hand) sprain. He got back to activity at the Abu Dhabi T10 and afterward played every one of the three T20Is for Afghanistan on their visit through Zimbabwe, prior to traveling to South Africa for the SA20. He wasn't picked by Afghanistan for the Bosses Prize, as indicated by Ahmad Suliman Khil, their interval boss selector, "he has been encouraged by his PCP to zero in on T20s for some time to guarantee his full recuperation prior to getting back to ODIs". Mujeeb had gone unsold at the IPL 2025 sale, however presently joined MI at an expense of INR 2 crore (approx. US $230,764).