Ashwani Kumar, a 23-year-old from Punjab, was named within the beginning lineup by Mumbai Indians in the course of the aspect’s Indian Premier League 2025 match towards Kolkata Knight Riders on the Wankhede Stadium on Monday.
Ashwani is a left-arm pacer who excels at bowling within the demise overs (16-20) and was signed by the franchise for Rs. 30 lakh in the course of the 2025 mega public sale. He was additionally a part of Punjab Kings squad final season however didn’t function within the taking part in 11.
He debuted for Punjab within the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy in 2022 however has performed simply 4 video games. He has three wickets to his credit score at an economic system of 8.50. Ashwani has additionally performed two First-Class and 4 Checklist A video games for Punjab.
The left-arm pacer first made the headline together with his performances within the Sher-e-Punjab T20 match, Punjab’s T20 cricket match. He performed for BLV Blasters and ended with finest figures of 4/36.
Ashwani isn’t the primary home participant thrown into the combo by MI this season. The five-time champion handed a debut to Kerala’s Vignesh Puthur, a left-arm unorthodox bowler, towards Chennai Tremendous Kings.