Former skipper Mahela Jayawardene has stepped down from his position as consultant coach of Sri Lanka with immediate effect, the country's cricket board (SLC) said on Wednesday.
Sri Lankan players currently touring Pakistan for a three-match ODI series want to return home due to security concerns following a deadly suicide attack in Islamabad but PCB chief Mohsin Naqvi claimed that the rubber will continue, albeit with a rejigged schedule.
The duo is followed by a former Sri Lanka icon, Mahela Jayawardene, with 205 outfield catches in 149 appearances.
The former Sri Lankan skipper said playing two of their last three matches at home will help Mumbai Indians as they push for a final-four finish, but refused to see Tuesday's game as a prelude to a knockout clash.
With nine Test centuries against India at home, Joe Root set a new record for the most by any batter against a single opponent in home Tests.
Jasprit Bumrah is in 'good nick' following a three-month-long injury lay-off and Mumbai Indians want to ease him into competition mode in IPL 2025, said head coach Mahela Jayawardene.
Virat Kohli etched another record to his name as he became the fifth-highest run-scorer in history of One-Day Internationals.
Jayawardene said showing situational awareness is imperative and Rohit was able to execute his plans well against CSK.
Mumbai Indians announced the development on social media on Sunday saying, "Once a cub now a lion, the lion is back to be the king of the jungle again."
He successfully took a stunner to dismiss Karun Nair to complete his 211th catch, surpassing Dravid's tally of 210. Former Sri Lanka star Mahela Jayawardene slipped to the third spot with 205 catches.
Mumbai Indians head coach Mahela Jayawardene said left-arm wrist spinner was delighted with Vignesh Puthur needs to keep his feet on the ground and "start from ball one again" in their next IPL match against Gujarat Titans in Ahmedabad on Saturday.
There is no clarity when Jasprit Bumrah, who is still recuperating from a back injury, will return to action during IPL 2025.
The five-time champions finished last in IPL 2024 with everything going wrong for them. This time, MI is focused on ensuring that everything goes right, and that their journey towards a sixth title is back on track from the beginning.
Mumbai Indians head coach Mahela Jayawardene has expressed his faith in the senior players despite the team's poor performance in the IPL. Despite losing four out of their five matches, Jayawardene has ruled out making major changes to the playing eleven, citing the experience and skill of the players. He believes that the team is playing good cricket and needs to be more ruthless, particularly in the powerplay. Jayawardene also defended Rohit Sharma's struggles against left-arm pace, highlighting his experience and the need to credit the bowlers. He acknowledged that MI is not playing its best cricket and emphasized the need for consistency. Jayawardene also expressed satisfaction with Tilak Varma's performance, highlighting his ability and potential.
With six titles -- four more than Pakistan -- and unmatched consistency, Sri Lanka has quietly been the tournament's second-most dominant force.
'These are areas that we're trying to tidy up and try and be much more consistent all around.'
Mumbai Indians need to win both their remaining matches to qualify for the IPL play-offs.
With two days still to play, England are firm favourites to secure the win in Manchester, one that would seal victory in the five-match series with one test still to come.
Jayawardene said it was unfair to judge anyone in every two innings, backing the former MI captain who has had scores of 0, 8 and 13 so far in this season.
Mahela Jayawardene believes Australia have a chance of beating India in their own backyard in the four-Test Border Gavaskar Trophy series, which begins in Nagpur from Thursday.
He is yet to bowl at full intensity in the nets at the BCCI's Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru.
Among the active batters, Joe Root, 34, looks the only one who could go past Sachin Tendulkar's Test record tally of 15921 runs.
Tilak Verma, who has two T20I hundreds for India and is one of the pillars of the core MI set-up, had scored just 25 off 23 balls, inclusive of two boundaries, when Mitchell Santner, with a career IPL strike-rate of 106, was sent in.
Virat Kohli etched his name in history once again during the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 clash against Pakistan in Dubai on Sunday.
Kohli's Test retirement makes Tendulkar's record of 100 centuries 'safe'
Since making debut in 2009, Angelo Mathews has turned up in 118 Tests, scoring 8167 runs -- the third-highest tally for Sri Lanka.
Suryakumar Yadav will captain Mumbai Indians in their opening IPL match against Chennai Super Kings on Sunday
Jayawardene credited MI and New Zealand's bowling coach Shane Bond for perfectly planning and executing India's downfall in the last match.
Former Sri Lanka skippers Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene lavished praise on compatriot Lasith Malinga after the fast bowler announced his retirement from all forms of cricket on Tuesday.
Star allrounder Hardik Pandya was kept out of the IPL game against Chennai Super Kings as a precautionary measure as he had a little niggle, said Mumbai Indians head coach Mahela Jayawardene.
Mumbai Indians head coach Mahela Jayawardene says it's just a 'matter of time' before captain Rohit Sharma plays a big knock, something which his team desperately needs to arrest its slide in IPL 2022.
The five-times champions have retained the quartet of Bumrah, Suryakumar, Pandya and Rohit along with youngster Tilak Verma.
Mhambrey's stint as the bowling coach with the national team had ended in June this year after India won the T20 World Cup in the Americas.
Mumbai Indians head coach Mahela Jayawardene, a member of the ICC's Cricket Committee, said going forward the third umpire should intervene in case the on-field officials get above-waist no-balls wrong in the course of a match.
After seeing a lifeline fall his way, Smith never looked back and went on to complete his 35th Test ton.
Former Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene has been appointed the national team's consultant for the first round of next month's Twenty20 World Cup, the country's cricket board said.
'I would put my money on him at least for a little while to hold to all three but there are some good quality players around who will keep pushing him.'
A rampant Mumbai Indians will present a stern test of character for the rattled Punjab Kings in a virtual semi-final when the two teams face-off in Qualifier 2 of the Indian Premier League in Ahmedabad on Sunday.
Mahela Jayawardene, MI's head coach, had last spoken about Bumrah's situation on March 19, admitting the challenge of starting the season without their premier fast bowler.
Vettori said the pair of Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head remains crucial to their success but acknowledged that the opposition teams have planned well.
