Jasprit Bumrah’s absence loomed large over the Mumbai Indians (MI) as they kicked off their IPL 2025 campaign with a disappointing four-wicket loss to the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on March 23. The star pacer’s presence was sorely missed, especially in the death overs, where MI struggled to contain the […]

Mumbai Indians’ head coach Mahela Jayawardene applauded captain Hardik Pandya for turning his performances around in just a year after a forgettable IPL 2024 campaign. He also said that it should keep him in good stead, and people will see a much-improved performance from him this year as well. Notably, Pandya will return to the […]

Mumbai Indians (MI) will begin their IPL 2025 campaign without regular skipper Hardik Pandya, who is set to miss the season opener against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at Chepauk on March 23 due to a one-match ban. In his absence, India’s T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav will take charge of the team. Confirming the development at […]

Veteran commentator Aakash Chopra added that the Mumbai Indians’ (MI) reappointment of Mahela Jayawardene as their head coach implies that they might be looking to retain the maximum allowed six players before the IPL 2025 auction. He also shared that the franchise will not be at a disadvantage even if they spend ₹79 crore before […]

Mumbai Indians (MI) Global Head of Cricket Mahela Jayawardene gave the example of former captain Sachin Tendulkar in fan’s reaction over Hardik Pandya replacing Rohit Sharma as captain for IPL 2024. Tendulkar led MI from the inaugural 2008 season but he played his final season under Ricky Ponting and Rohit Sharma in 2013 as well. […]

Former Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene is hoping for an interesting Test series between India and Australia where he has backed the visitors to win the Border Gavaskar Trophy, which begins on February 9 in Nagpur as well. However, since 2015, Australia have not been able to win over India in a Test series. For […]

Former Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene expects the national team to lift the T20 World Cup this year after their Asia Cup victory. Jayawardene added that Sri Lanka’s fearless approach should help them go a long way in the mega event. After an eight-wicket loss to Afghanistan in the first match of the 2022 Asia […]

Sri Lanka cricket legend Mahela Jayawardene has lavished praise on India’s newly appointed skipper Jasprit Bumrah, as Bumrah was named as India’s captain for the rescheduled fifth Test against England in Edgbaston. However, on, Thursday BCCI announced Jasprit Bumrah would lead the Indian team in the rescheduled fifth Test against England at Edgbaston beginning later […]

Former Sri Lanka skipper, Mahela Jayawardene has described Wasim Akram, the renowned Pakistani fast bowler, as the toughest fast bowler he ever faced in his career. Akram has a total of 916 international career wickets combined in the Test and ODI formats. He was one of the senior cricketers of his national side when Jayawardene […]

Former Sri Lankan skipper, Mahela Jayawardene has expressed that violence is not the solution to the change that is demanded in his country and he has made an appeal for peace to take over. He is currently part of the IPL 2022 bio-bubble as the head coach of the Mumbai Indians (MI) as the head […]