Before the start of the 19th season of the Indian Premier League, the tension of Mumbai Indians seems to be increasing. The team’s main fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah has reached BCCI’s Center of Excellence in Bengaluru. It is not yet clear whether Bumrah has gone to COE due to some injury or fitness related problem or for some other reason, but this might have increased the concern in the camp of Mumbai Indians.

According to Times of India, Mumbai Indians team has started training, but Jasprit Bumrah has not reached the training camp yet. In such a situation, his move to the Center of Excellence can be a big blow for the 5-time IPL champion team. Last week, Mumbai Indians head coach Mahela Jayawardene had given an update saying that 4 Mumbai players were given extra break, because the Indian team had won the T20 World Cup title some time ago.

The medical team at BCCI’s Center of Excellence looks after the fitness of the players. Recently it was reported that Kolkata Knight Riders fast bowler Akashdeep has also reached COE due to back problem. Akashdeep is out of the entire season.

The Mumbai Indians camp must be praying that Jasprit Bumrah becomes fully fit and joins the team soon. Bumrah is no less than a trump card for MI. In the T20 World Cup 2026, he made Team India return to the match by taking wickets at important junctures several times.

Mumbai Indians will start their campaign in IPL 2026 from March 29, where they will face Kolkata Knight Riders. Last season, Mumbai was out after losing to Punjab Kings in the second qualifier. Let us tell you that Mumbai last became champion in 2020, but after that it has never gone to the finals.

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Kolkata Knight Riders have suffered a big blow due to Harshit Rana’s exit from IPL 2026. The reason for his exclusion is a knee injury, which he suffered during the warm-up match of the T20 World Cup 2026. Harshit has also undergone surgery and is currently recovering. Meanwhile, there are bound to be lines of worry on the forehead of KKR management and till now the team has not been able to find his replacement.

It is not easy to replace Harshit

Giving an update on Harshit’s replacement in the pre-season press conference, Kolkata Knight Riders head coach Abhishek Nair said that his injury is a big blow for the team because he has shown tremendous performance in the last two seasons. Nair said that Harshit has become much better as a cricketer in the last one year. Abhishek Nair also admitted that replacing Harshit Rana is not easy.

Regarding Harshit’s replacement, Harshit Rana said, “In the last few days, we have seen many bowlers who can adapt well to this role. Maybe we can take the final decision in the next few days.”

The problems of Kolkata Knight Riders seem to have increased because Mathisha Pathirana has also not got the clearance to play yet. But the good news is that captain Ajinkya Rahane is showing trust in his players and is full of confidence. The T20 World Cup 2026 tournament was not good for Varun Chakraborty in terms of economy rate, but Rahane is confident that Chakraborty will do well.

Kolkata Knight Riders has become champion three times so far. Kolkata won the trophy under the captaincy of Shreyas Iyer in 2012, 2014 and 2024. KKR’s performance in IPL 2025 was very disappointing, where it had to be content with eighth place in the table.

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The third and decisive match of Pakistan and Bangladesh ODI series is being played in Dhaka. Bangladesh team came to bat first, for which Tanjid Hasan Tamim has scored the first century of his ODI career. He has also created history by completing his century in 98 balls. He has become the eighth Bangladeshi cricketer to score a century in ODI cricket against Pakistan.

Tanjid Hasan created history

Tanjid Hasan is the first batsman to score an ODI century for Bangladesh against Pakistan in the last 11 years. Before him, the last Bangladeshi batsman to score a century against the Pakistan team was Soumya Sarkar, who had played an innings of 127 runs in the year 2015.

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