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Powerplay struggles haunt Mumbai Indians as Jayawardene calls for ruthless
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Mumbai Indians (MI) head coach Mahela Jayawardene admitted that the team's performance in the powerplay, both with bat and ball has been a significant concern this season. Following their 12-run loss to Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) on Monday, MI have now suffered four defeats in five ma
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"He's batting well in nets": Jayawardene on Rohit Sharma's availability ag
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
The Mumbai-based franchise is currently placed at the eighth spot in the IPL 2025 points table, with just one win (two points) in the four games they have faced in the competition so far. Their fifth clash of the tournament will be against Royal Challengers Bengaluru, which will be played at
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Bumrah back to rattling batters ahead of MI-RCB IPL 2025 clash
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Bumrah will be featuring in the MI-RCB clash at Wankhede Stadium on Monday. With his presence confirmed by head coach Mahela Jayawardene ahead of the match, he has easily and well-deservedly, stolen the spotlight from Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, two batting icons who will be battling it ou
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"He'll walk in tomorrow, win the match for us...": MI coach Jayawardene ba
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Tilak caught plenty of flak for his poor knock of 25 in 23 balls, consisting of just two fours during a run chase of 204 against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) at Lucknow's Ekana Stadium. Tilak's struggles meant he was made to take a tactical "retire out" and Mitchell Santner was sent to finish
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MI coach Jayawardene confirms Bumrah's availability for IPL 2025 clash aga
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
The MI-RCB clash at Wankhede Stadium would be a clash between two cricketing titans, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, but 'Jassi bhai', as Bumrah is affectionately referred to as, might have just stolen the spotlight from these two batting icons as he is set to return to the field for the first
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MI head coach Jayawardene calls decision to retire out Tilak "tactical", h
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Mumbai Indians head coach Mahela Jayawardene called the decision to retire out the struggling Tialk Varma against Lucknow Super Giants a "tactical" one. He outlined the reason behind his tactical decision and said a "fresh" face was needed when the asking rate showed signs of escalating into
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"We felt that there is talent": MI head coach on giving spinner Vignesh ex
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
head of the Mumbai Indians (MI) clash against Gujarat Titans (GT), MI head coach Mahela Jayawardene spoke on sending Vignesh Puthur, team's newest find, to South Africa as a net bowler of MI Cape
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"No timelines given by NCA, will wait": MI coach Mahela on Bumrah's cleara
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Bumrah suffered back spasms during Day 2 of the final Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. After going for scans, Bumrah returned to the dressing room as expectations built around Bumrah's involvement on Day 3. Since after the BGT, he has been in NCA for rehab and has not played any cricket,
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"It is a challenge": Mahela Jayawardene on Jasprit Bumrah missing initial
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Bumrah suffered back spasms during Day 2 of the final Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. After going for scans, Bumrah returned to the dressing room as expectations built around Bumrah's involvement on Day 3. Since after the BGT, he has been in NCA for rehab and hasn't played any cricket
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Champions Trophy: Virat Kohli surpasses Azharuddin's 156 catches, becomes
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Kohli's record-breaking moment arrived in the 47th over when he took a challenging low catch to dismiss Naseem Shah off Kuldeep Yadav's bowling. The 36-year-old took his 157th and record-extending 158th catch in the ODIs, taking him past Azharuddin's tally of 156 for the record of most catch
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Steve Smith becomes first Australia fielder to script massive record in Te
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Steve Smith etched his name into the history book in the spectrum of fielding, by becoming the player to take the most Test catches by a non-wicketkeeper for Australia in Tests.
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Jayawardene hails Bumrah, calls him "coach's dream to work with"
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Jayawardene spoke to Wisden Cricket Monthly as MI gears up for next season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) after a bottom-placed finish last year.
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