Lucknow: The list of injured players in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 is getting longer. Every day there is some player who has to face injury and this spoils all the plans of the franchise. Now in this series, Mumbai Indians (MI) young wicketkeeper batsman Vishnu Vinod has joined, who is out of this season due to injury. MI has also announced his replacement and has made the young player from Gujarat a part of its team.

Vinod has injured his left hand and now he will not be seen playing this season. Let us tell you that Vinod has played for MI in IPL and now in his place, Saurashtra wicketkeeper batsman Harvik Desai, who has won India Under-19 World Cup, has been included in his team. IPL has confirmed this on its official website and said that due to injury, Vishnu will not be able to play in the remaining matches and Desai will now be a part of the team in his place.

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Let us tell you that Desai has won the Under-19 World Cup for India. Actually, he was a part of the Indian junior team in the year 2018, when Team India won the World Cup under the captaincy of Prithvi Shaw. Now he will be seen playing for MI. However, Ishan Kishan is seen doing wicket-keeping for Mumbai and apart from him, Vinod was the only other option. In such a situation, in his absence, MI has made only one wicketkeeper batsman a part of its team. This is the first time that he is associated with any franchise in IPL.