Star pacer Jasprit Bumrah has linked up with the Mumbai Indians (MI) squad ahead of their next IPL 2025 match against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) at the Wankhede Stadium on Monday (April 7).

Bumrah was out of action since the back injury he sustained during the Sydney Test in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in January this year. The injury also kept him sidelined from India’s triumphant Champions Trophy 2025 campaign.

Having received fitness clearance from the BCCI Centre of Excellence (CoE), Bumrah joined the MI camp on Sunday (April 6) and took part in his first practice session.

The right-arm quick, who has 165 scalps to his name from 133 IPL matches, looked in great rhythm during his first nets session.

In a video shared by MI on social media platform 'X', Bumrah can be seen bowling a toe-crushing yorker and bringing his MI teammate to his knees. The clip of this unplayable delivery is now going viral on the internet.

Meanwhile, Mumbai Indians head coach Mahela Jayawardene has confirmed that Jasprit Bumrah will be ‘available’ to play against RCB.

Bumrah has missed MI’s first four matches of the ongoing IPL season, with his absence contributing a lot to the franchise's poor start.

“He’s available, he’s training today and should be available. He arrived last night, he had his sessions with NCA (now called the Centre of Excellence) to finalize that, he’s been handed over to our physios. He’s bowling today, so all good and he will play tomorrow,” Jayawardene said at the pre-match press conference.

“Boom’s coming back from a pretty decent layoff, so we need to give him that space. Not expect too much. Knowing Jasprit he will be up for it. We’re very happy to have him in the camp, the experience he brings, that extra voice out there in the middle, chatting with Boulty [Trent Boult], chatting with Deepak [Chahar] or any other younger bowler, giving that advice is also very valuable for us. That’s what we’re looking forward to from him,” he added.

MI have just one win from four matches and Bumrah’s return would be a significant boost to the five-time champions. The match against RCB, who have only lost one of their three matches, at the Wankhede Stadium is an important one.