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IPL 2025 Digest 1 May: Jansen Turns 25; Raghu Sharma Replaces Vignesh Puthur In MI; Shreyas Iyer Fined INR 12 Lakh

Let's take a look at what has happened in the last 24 hours in the IPL 2025. Here's the IPL digest for the day

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Chennai Super Kings became the first team to be eliminated from the IPL 2025 after losing another match against Punjab Kings at their home venue on Wednesday. The Shreyas Iyer-led PBKS are in the second place on the points table and are among the favourites to qualify for the playoffs. (Full Coverage | Schedule | Points Table | Cricket News)

Let's take a look at what has happened in the last 24 hours in the IPL 2025. Here's the IPL digest for Thursday, 1 May

Raghu Sharma Replaces Vignesh Puthur In MI Squad

The Mumbai Indians (MI) have signed leg-spinner Raghu Sharma as a replacement for Vignesh Puthur, who has been ruled out for the remainder of the TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 due to injury.

Raghu Sharma is a right-arm leg-break bowler who has represented Punjab and Puducherry in domestic cricket. In 11 first-class matches, he has taken 57 wickets at an impressive average of 19.59, with his best bowling figures being 7 for 56.

In List A cricket, Sharma has claimed 14 wickets in 9 matches, achieving best figures of 4 for 37. Additionally, he has played in 3 T20 matches, where he has taken 3 wickets. This will be Sharma라이브 바카라 first opportunity to play in the IPL, and he joins MI at his base price of INR 30 lakhs from the RAPP list.

Shreyas Iyer Fined INR 12 Lakh

Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer has been fined INR 12 lakh for maintaining a slow over-rate during his team라이브 바카라 victory against the Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League (IPL) match held in Chennai.

According to an IPL media advisory released on Thursday, "As this was his team라이브 바카라 first offence of the season under Article 2.22 of the IPL Code of Conduct, which addresses minimum over-rate violations, Shreyas Iyer was fined Rs 12 lakh."

Happy Birthday, Marco Jansen!

South African all-rounder Marco Jansen celebrated his 25th birthday with his Punjab Kings teammates in the IPL 2025. He is an all-format player for South Africa and has been a valuable asset for the Punjab Kings this season.

Jansen made his Test debut against India during the Boxing Day Test in 2021, becoming the first player born in the 2000s to be capped for the national team. He also made his IPL debut for the Mumbai Indians against RCB in the 2021 season, where he made an impact by dismissing Virat Kohli.

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Maxwell 'Likely' To Miss Rest Of The Season

Punjab Kings' all-rounder Glenn Maxwell missed yesterday's match against Chennai Super Kings at Chepauk due to a fractured finger and is likely to miss the remainder of the season.

PBKS faced a significant injury setback leading up to the game, as Glenn Maxwell was ruled out with his fractured finger. It is still unclear how long he will be sidelined, but Shreyas suggested during the toss against CSK that the Australian could miss the remainder of the season.

Yuzvendra Chahal Joins Yuvraj Singh

Yuzvendra Chahal, the leg-spinner for Punjab Kings, joined former Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh on the list of players with the most IPL hat-tricks after he achieved his second hat-trick in the IPL against Chennai Super Kings on Wednesday at Chepauk.

Amit Mishra holds the record for the most IPL hat-tricks, with three to his name. Both Chahal and Yuvraj have two hat-tricks each. In this match, Chahal took four wickets in just five balls, helping to restrict CSK to 190 runs with four balls remaining in their innings.

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