Mumbai Indians are spoilt for choices when it comes to the bowling department for Indian Premier League 2025 edition, as the 5-time IPL winners have the likes of Jasprit Bumrah and Trent Boult in their ranks.
Jasprit Bumrah is arguably enjoying the best 12 months of his career, and he capped off his memorable 2024 by winning the ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year award.
Trent Boult needs no introduction, as the Kiwi pacer is amongst the greatest pacers of the Modern Era, and with such a lethal combo, one can hardly find a reason to look beyond them.
However, there is a certain ‘Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar’ in Mumbai Indians this time around, who can prove to be the ‘Player of the Match’ on his day, as the young sensation fron Afghanistan has taken the cricketing world by storm with a record-breaking maiden year in international cricket.
Within his first year, the right-arm mystery spinner became the fifth-youngest bowler to grab a five-wicket haul in ODI’s. The top 5 list has three Afghanistan spinners, and Asia shows complete domination in the Top 10 list, as no other continent makes a cut.
Rank Player Name Age Figures Team Opposition Venue Match Date
1
Mujeeb Ur Rahman
16 years 325 days 5/50 Afghanistan Zimbabwe Sharjah February 16, 2018
2 Waqar Younis 18 years 164 days 6/26 Pakistan Sri Lanka Sharjah April 29, 1990
3 Rashid Khan 18 years 178 days 6/43 Afghanistan Ireland Greater Noida March 17, 2017
4 Gulshan Jha 18 years 214 days 5/47 Nepal Oman King City September 18, 2024
5 Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar 18 years 231 days 6/26 Afghanistan Bangladesh Sharjah November 6, 2024
Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar has though, not yet played in India, but his astonishing stats in UAE are an encouraging sign that the Afghan spinner can perform pretty well on Indian surfaces.
One amazing fact that will leave fans amazed is that Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar makes a cut into the IPL 2025 WITHOUT EVEN PLAYING A SINGLE T20I.
The 18-year-old has so far played 11 ODI’s, in which he scalped 21 wickets, with a bowling average of 13.57, and economy rate of 4.05, alongside two five-wicket hauls.
Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar was part of the Afghanistan squad that won the Men’s Emerging T20 Asia Cup 2024, defeating India in the final.
The mystery spinner has the ability to turn the ball both ways, and often becomes unplayable on surfaces that offers help to spinners, or low bounce.
MI Squad For IPL 2025
Jasprit Bumrah
Suryakumar Yadav
Hardik Pandya
Rohit Sharma
Tilak Varma
Trent Boult
Naman Dhir
Robin Minz
Karn Sharma
Ryan Rickelton
Deepak Chahar
Allah Ghazanfar
Will Jacks
Ashwani Kumar
Mitchell Santner
Reece Topley
Krishnan Shrijith
Raj Angad Bawa
Satyanarayana Raju
Bevon Jacobs
Arjun Tendulkar
Lizaad Williams
Vignesh Puthur
Author : Manan Chadha
