Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals are scheduled to compete on Thursday. Earlier, Mumbai has suffered a big setback. The team’s main spin bowler Vignesh Puthur has been ruled out of IPL 2025. In his place, the team has included leg -spinner Raghu Sharma in the team.

Vignesh was engulfed as soon as he came this season. He made his debut against Chennai Super Kings. Vignesh took three wickets in the first match. Vignesh took the wicket of big batsmen like Rituraj Gaikwad, Shivam Dubey and Deepak Hooda in the match.

Vignesh is out of this season due to tension in both shins of bones. Vignesh has played 5 matches this season. During this, he has taken 6 wickets at an economy rate of 9.08.

Leg spinner Raghu has come in the team in place of Vignesh. Raghu has played for Punjab and Puducherry in domestic cricket. He has taken 57 wickets in 11 first class matches at an average of 19.59. At the same time, he has taken 14 wickets in 9 matches of List A Cricket. Raghu has taken three wickets in three T20 matches.

From the perspective of Rajasthan, this match is very important for him. Rajasthan has 6 points in 10 matches. Rajasthan will have to win all the remaining matches, so that they remain in the playoff race. If Rajasthan loses a single match from here, then it will be out of IPL 2025.

Mumbai has 12 points in 10 matches, it is third in the points table. Mumbai will want to win against Rajasthan and reach the top in the points table. Mumbai will have to win at least two of the remaining four matches to secure a place in the playoffs.