Mumbai Indians Stunningly Drop 23-Year-old Vignesh Puthur, Internet Is Heartbroken

For Mumbai Indians, chinaman bowler Vignesh Puthur has been a breath of fresh air. The 23-year-old took a three wicket haul against Chennai Super Kings. He scalped Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shivam Dube and Deepak Hooda to grab every IPL fan's attention. However, against Gujarat Titans, he was not even picked as a substitute. Mumbai Indians opted to bowl and did not use Puthur. The internet was intrigued about the choice.    

Vignesh puthur who Picked 3 Wickets in Last match, Not Playing today's match v GT #GTvMI pic.twitter.com/9xaRj27TOr

I'm not claiming that Vignesh Puthur is a great bowler but he bowled well in his first match so he should have played today. https://t.co/csE7Bnr0zh

After taking 3 wickets vs CSK VIGNESH PUTHUR got whole limelight, got full praise even from the Owner and today the Captain Hardik back to side and VIGNESH PUTHUR got dropped .

This is nothing a less than Baffling decision from MI management. Missing Rohit'S MI

#GTvMI

MI making inroads blunders by dropping vignesh puthur vs GT making them difficult to take wickets here tonight.#IPL2025 #GTvMI

Twenty three year-old Vignesh Puthur, who made his IPL debut by picking up three wickets for the Mumbai Indians in their recent match with Chennai Super Kings, bowled medium pace as kid, but was guided to becoming a chinaman bowler by his friend Mohammed Shareef. Shareef, who used to attend cricket coaching, recognised the talent in Puthur when he saw the young kid play at the age of 11 near their home in Malappuram district of Kerala.

"He used to bowl medium pace initially. I told him to instead try leg spin as it could be beneficial for him if he was good at it. I was myself an off spinner, so I told him some of the technical aspects of spin bowling.

"But he