Top 3 Replacements For Lockie Ferguson IPL 2025: Punjab Kings pacer Lockie Ferguson will likely miss the remainder of the IPL 2025 season. This is a massive blow to PBKS, who will miss the New Zealand fast bowler’s express pace and decent variations.
Ferguson, while bowling his first over in the recent game against the Sunrisers Hyderabad, seemed to have pulled something in his left thigh while running in to bowl his third ball. He was then taken off the field, with Marcus Stoinis finishing that over. Lockie not playing that match might have played a massive role in the Kings not being able to defend a massive target of 246.
Punjab have a decent array of pacers on their side, with the likes of Xavier Bartlett, Azmatullah Omarzai, and Vijay Kumar Vyshak being able to replace Lockie Ferguson in the playing XI. But now that they will be allowed to bring in an injury substitute to their squad, they will most certainly take up that offer.
So, today, we will look at the top three bowlers that can be brought in as a replacement for the injured Ferguson. Here are the top 3 replacements for Lockie Ferguson IPL 2025 for the Punjab Kings.
Top 3 Replacements For Lockie Ferguson IPL 2025
3) Umesh Yadav
The former Indian cricket team pacer is a proven commodity in the Indian Premier League. The express pacer not only has the ability to bowl around and over 140 km/h but can also swing the ball both ways.
The last time he played in the IPL, Yadav was doing well for the Gujarat Titans in the 2023 season, having taken eight wickets in seven games played. With 148 wickets in a 14-season career in the IPL so far, the veteran pacer is one of the most prolific Indian fast bowlers in league history.
Umesh Yadav has not played a match since November 2024, as he suffered a heel injury and even had to undergo surgery. It seems he is now ready to take to the field and was actually a part of the mega auction but went unsold. The 37-year-old will be looking to make one fine major impact in his career at the top level, and what better place is there to do that than the IPL?
2) Mustafizur Rahman
The Bangladeshi pacer might be one of the most underrated bowlers in T20I cricket ever. The swing bowler is a gun option in the powerplay and also a death over specialist, a dream bowler archetype for any team in this format.
It actually came as a surprise to many that Rahman went unsold at the IPL 2025 mega-auction, seeing how he was one of the best bowlers in the league in 2024, taking 14 wickets in nine games for the Chennai Super Kings before getting injured.
The Bangla bowler played his last match for his national side in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 earlier this year. With Bangladesh not playing any international cricket for about a month or so, Mustafizur Rahman might just find a home in an IPL squad.
1) Jacob Duffy
In many regards, Jacob Duffy is a like-for-like replacement for Lockie Ferguson. Both of them are Kiwis, use a lot of variation in T20 cricket, and have looked in decent form in recent appearances. However, Duffy is not an express pacer like Ferguson.
While he was in the New Zealand National Cricket Team squad for CT 2025, he did not play a single game in that tournament. However, the 30-year-old impressed in the recent T20I series against Pakistan, in which he took seven wickets in three games while being economical as well.
Jacob Duffy has no experience in the IPL. Despite that, he is the front-runner, so far, in replacing Lockie Ferguson, showing what recent good performances can do for you.
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