{"id":4492,"date":"2022-09-16T21:05:36","date_gmt":"2022-09-16T15:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=246194"},"modified":"2022-09-16T21:05:36","modified_gmt":"2022-09-16T15:35:36","slug":"former-head-coach-mahela-jayawardene-congratulates-newly-appointed-mark-boucher-to-take-over-as-mi-head-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/former-head-coach-mahela-jayawardene-congratulates-newly-appointed-mark-boucher-to-take-over-as-mi-head-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Head Coach Mahela Jayawardene congratulates newly appointed Mark Boucher to take over as MI Head Coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former South Africa keeper-batter coach Mark Boucher has been named the head coach of the Mumbai Indians. After the 2019 T20 World Cup, Boucher, who is now performing the same job for South Africa, will leave the national team.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Presenting \u0906\u092a\u0932\u0947 \u0928\u0935\u0940\u0928 Head Coach \u2013 \ud835\udc0c\ud835\udc00\ud835\udc11\ud835\udc0a \ud835\udc01\ud835\udc0e\ud835\udc14\ud835\udc02\ud835\udc07\ud835\udc04\ud835\udc11 \ud83d\udc99<\/p>\n<p>Paltan, drop a \ud83d\ude4c to welcome the \ud83c\uddff\ud83c\udde6 legend to our <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OneFamily?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#OneFamily<\/a> \ud83d\udc4f<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DilKholKe?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DilKholKe<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MumbaiIndians?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MumbaiIndians<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/markb46?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@markb46<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OfficialCSA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@OfficialCSA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/S6zarGJmNM\">pic.twitter.com\/S6zarGJmNM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mipaltan\/status\/1570647234789908480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 16, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Mahela Jayawardene, a former captain of Sri Lanka, has been MI\u2019s head coach since 2017. He is replaced by Boucher now. Mumbai Indians have three championships under Mahela\u2019s guidance. Jayawardene has been promoted to a new position as the Global Head of Performance as a result of the franchise expanding its reach and securing teams in both the SA20 and the ILT20.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cltbxugi cltbxugi-post-inline cltbxugi-float-center cltbxugi-align-center cltbxugi-column-1 no-bg-box-model\"><\/div>\n<p>The club management has promoted Mahela Jayawardene and Zaheer Khan to new positions as members of a central team\u2014Global Head of Performance and Global Head of Cricket Development, respectively\u2014in light of Mumbai Indians Emirates and Mumbai Indians Cape Town joining the MI family.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">MI's brand of cricket \ud83d\udc99<br \/>Finding new talent \u2b50<br \/>Developing players \ud83d\udcc8<\/p>\n<p>Mahela tells us about his role as Global Head of Performance! \ud83c\udf0f<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OneFamily?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#OneFamily<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DilKholKe?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DilKholKe<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MumbaiIndians?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MumbaiIndians<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MICapeTown?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MICapeTown<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MIEmirates?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MIEmirates<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MahelaJay?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MahelaJay<\/a> MI TV <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gBUgU8fjmp\">pic.twitter.com\/gBUgU8fjmp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mipaltan\/status\/1570736882685812737?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 16, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201c<strong>Mark, he is an exciting coach, the way he has transformed South Africa\u2019s white-ball cricket in the last two years. He has been brilliant and he is also someone that we felt who we think differently and will contribute in a very positive way to Mumbai Indians,<\/strong>\u201d\u00a0 he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<strong>Especially when we have a group of players with the skill set that we have. Then we have a younger group coming through as well, so that\u2019s the transition we need to manage. We feel that Mark is going to be the best man for that<\/strong>,\u201d Jayawardene added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former South Africa keeper-batter coach Mark Boucher has been named the head coach of the Mumbai Indians. 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