June 1, 2025 - Two players made their debut for Mumbai Indians in the IPL 2025 Eliminator match against Gujarat Titans. Both are from the England team. You may already know one of them, but the other name is new. Fast bowler Richard Gleeson made his debut for Mumbai in this match. 

Gleeson was bought by the Mumbai franchise for Rs 1 crore and included in the playing XI right away.

Who is Richard Gleeson?

Gleeson is aged 37 years and 179 days and born in Blackpool, Lancashire. He can bowl fast and also bat with the right hand. Gleeson made his international debut at the age of 34 and impressed everyone with his performance.

Gleeson made his T20 international debut for England against India on July 9, 2022. In this match, he took three big wickets of Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Rishabh Pant in just 8 balls. He bowled 4 overs and gave only 15 runs.

His accurate and sharp bowling put India on the back foot in that game.

Gleeson’s T20 Career

T20 cricket is often called a batsman’s game, but Gleeson has done well as a bowler. So far, he has taken 129 wickets in 115 T20 matches at an economy rate of 8.02. Before joining Mumbai Indians, Gleeson played for Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2024. He played 2 matches and took 1 wicket. His economy rate was 9.06 and bowling average was 71.00.