NEW DELHI: After a two-year stint with Rajasthan Royals, former Sri Lankan pacer Lasith Malinga is ready to return to Mumbai Indians, this time as a quick bowling coach.
Malinga will likely be changing New Zealander Shane Bond within the assist workers of the five-time champions.
Bond, the Kiwi veteran had held the place for the previous 9 seasons. Nonetheless an IPL supply confirmed to PTI that Bond’s contract with Mumbai remains to be below overview.
“MI’s contract with Bond remains to be not over as but,” the supply stated.
Earlier, ESPNCricinfo has reported that it is also not clear whether or not Bond would proceed as the top coach of MI Emirates within the ILT20 the place they completed third this 12 months.
Malinga had a fruitful profession with Mumbai Indians successful 5 titles general — 4 in IPL (2013, 2015, 2017, 2019) and the Champions League T20 in 2011.
Malinga performed 139 matches for Mumbai, taking 195 wickets at an economic system price of seven.12. Out of these, 170 wickets got here within the IPL, the joint-sixth-most within the league.
It will mark Malinga’s second involvement with Mumbai’s assist workers, following his mentoring position in 2018.
A 12 months later, Malinga made a comeback to the sector, sharing the bowling obligations with Jasprit Bumrah because the duo performed a key position of their fourth IPL triumph.
Malinga had joined Rajasthan Royals in 2022 as quick bowling coach after his retirement in 2021.
(With inputs from PTI)
Malinga will likely be changing New Zealander Shane Bond within the assist workers of the five-time champions.
Bond, the Kiwi veteran had held the place for the previous 9 seasons. Nonetheless an IPL supply confirmed to PTI that Bond’s contract with Mumbai remains to be below overview.
“MI’s contract with Bond remains to be not over as but,” the supply stated.
Earlier, ESPNCricinfo has reported that it is also not clear whether or not Bond would proceed as the top coach of MI Emirates within the ILT20 the place they completed third this 12 months.
Malinga had a fruitful profession with Mumbai Indians successful 5 titles general — 4 in IPL (2013, 2015, 2017, 2019) and the Champions League T20 in 2011.
Malinga performed 139 matches for Mumbai, taking 195 wickets at an economic system price of seven.12. Out of these, 170 wickets got here within the IPL, the joint-sixth-most within the league.
It will mark Malinga’s second involvement with Mumbai’s assist workers, following his mentoring position in 2018.
A 12 months later, Malinga made a comeback to the sector, sharing the bowling obligations with Jasprit Bumrah because the duo performed a key position of their fourth IPL triumph.
Malinga had joined Rajasthan Royals in 2022 as quick bowling coach after his retirement in 2021.
(With inputs from PTI)
