The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) had tweeted about Ghazanfar’s absence from the Champions Trophy earlier this week, mentioning that he had sustained “a fracture of the L4 vertebra” throughout Afghanistan’s tour of Zimbabwe final month. Ghazanfar, who had bagged his maiden IPL contract after a vibrant begin to his ODI profession, will probably be out of cricket for 4 months.
Till November final yr, Mujeeb too was out injured for 5 months on account of a proper phalanx (hand) sprain. He returned to motion on the Abu Dhabi T10 after which performed all three T20Is for Afghanistan on their tour of Zimbabwe, earlier than flying to South Africa for the SA20. He wasn’t picked by Afghanistan for the Champions Trophy, as in keeping with Ahmad Suliman Khil, their interim chief selector, “he has been suggested by his physician to concentrate on T20s for some time to make sure his full restoration earlier than returning to ODIs”.
Mujeeb had gone unsold on the IPL 2025 public sale, however now joined MI at a price of INR 2 crore (approx. US $230,764).
