DTVHINDIIPL 2025: Mahela Jayawardene appointed as its head coach by Mumbai Indians, Paras Mhambrey also got important responsibility
Mark Boucher was coaching the Mumbai Indians team in the last two seasons. Mahela Jayawardene. (Photo: IANS) Big news is coming out from Mumbai Indians camp before the Indian Premier League 2025. Mumbai Indians have appointed Mahela Jayawardene as the head coach of their team while Paras Mhambrey has also returned to the Mumbai franchise. Paras Mhambrey has been appointed the bowling coach of Mumbai Indians. Let us tell you that in the last two seasons, Mark Boucher was coaching the Mumbai Indians team. However, the performance of Mumbai Indians under the coaching of Mark Boucher was very poor. Mark Boucher was appointed as the head coach of the Mumbai Indians team for the 2022 season. Mumbai Indians performed disappointingly in IPL 2024 and won only four out of 10 matches. Mumbai team was at the bottom position in the points table of IPL 2024. In 2022, Jayawardene was appointed the Global Head of Cricket of the Mumbai Indians team. There are many such franchise cricket leagues in which Mumbai Indians franchise has performed tremendously. Mumbai Indians said in its statement, ‘Feeling very happy that Jayawardene has returned as the head coach of Mumbai Indians. He himself has been one of the best players of his time and knows a lot about cricket. His leadership, knowledge and passion for the game will be of great help to Mumbai Indians. We would also like to thank Mark Boucher who has made a significant contribution over the last two seasons. He has left his mark in the Mumbai Indians family. Paras Mhambrey also returned to Mumbai Indians team Team India had won the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 trophy. Paras Mhambrey was the bowling coach of Team India in this tournament. Paras Mhambrey is also very happy to return to the Mumbai Indians franchise. Talking about Mahela Jayawardene, regarding his return he said, ‘My journey with Mumbai Indians has always been great. Our focus in the 2017 season was to include talented players from all over the world in our team and perform tremendously. Till now, many players from the Mumbai team have won the hearts of all the fans by performing brilliantly. Now we are fully prepared for the challenges coming in the next season. It will be our endeavor that once again the team performs brilliantly and wins the trophy of this important tournament. Batsman who scored the fastest century in T20I for India List of youngest players to win POTM for India in T20I- List of batsmen who scored the fastest triple century in Test cricket- Batsmen who have scored most double centuries in Tests for England- Joe Root reached this number in terms of scoring most test runs IPL 2025: Lucknow Super Giants can retain these 6 players IPL 2025: Punjab Kings can retain these 6 players “Bangladesh is playing poor cricket”- Aakash Chopra Indian batsman who hit most sixes in T20 against Bangladesh- IPL 2025: Rajasthan Royals can retain these 6 players
On this Day: 17 years ago on this day, Sangakkara and Jayawardene created history, made the biggest partnership in Test cricket history
In that match, both of them had made a record partnership for the third wicket. Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene (Image Credit- Twitter Biggest Partnership in Test Cricket: 29th July is a very important day in the history of Sri Lankan cricket and Test cricket. Let us tell you that on this day 17 years ago, former Sri Lankan cricket team captains Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene created history. Let us tell you that on this day in 2006, Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene had made the highest partnership for any wicket in Test cricket history. In this partnership, Jayawardene scored 374 runs and Sangakkara scored 287 runs. Both of them had a partnership of 624 runs for the third wicket in the first Test match played against South Africa at Sinhalese Sports Club ground in Colombo, which is a world record. No one has been able to break this partnership of both the players in Test cricket till now. It is worth mentioning that in this match, Sangakkara and Jayawardene had batted for a total of 157 overs in the Test match, which is a record in itself. Sri Lanka won the match by an innings and 153 runs On the other hand, if we give you information about this match, then while batting first, South Africa lost all its wickets at 169 runs in the first innings. After this, Sri Lanka scored 756 runs at the loss of 5 wickets after 185.1 overs in the first innings. So, despite having great players, South Africa cricket team’s second innings were all out at 434 runs after 157.2 overs and they had to face defeat by an innings and 153 runs in the match. Former captain Mahela Jayawardene was also given the Player of the Match award for his brilliant innings of 374 runs, which was also his highest score in Test cricket. The biggest Test partnership of all time! #OnThisDay in 2006, the legendary duo of Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene set a new high 🙌 pic.twitter.com/eHokzNHLuV — ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) July 29, 2024
Most Runs in Test: List of players who scored the most runs in Test cricket history
A total of 14 players have scored more than 10,000 runs in Tests so far. The list toppers include players from India, Australia, South Africa, England, Sri Lanka, West Indies and Pakistan. Joe Root and Sachin Tendulkar. (Photo Source: Getty Images) Most Runs in Test: There is nothing special to say about Team India’s great player Sachin Tendulkar. He has made many records in his 24-year long cricket career. One of these is the record of scoring the most runs in Tests. Sachin has played 200 Test matches in his career, and he has scored 15,921 runs. At the same time, Australian legend Ricky Ponting is in second place with 13,378 runs. In third place is South African legend Jacques Kallis who has scored 13,289 runs in 166 Test matches. 14 players have scored 10,000 runs in Test cricket A total of 14 players have scored more than 10,000 runs in Tests so far. The list toppers include players from India, Australia, South Africa, England, Sri Lanka, West Indies and Pakistan. Players who have scored 10,000 runs in Test cricket – Team-wise India Sachin Tendulkar – 15,921 runs in 200 Test matches Rahul Dravid – 13,288 runs in 164 Tests Sunil Gavaskar – 10,122 runs in 125 Test matches Australia Ricky Ponting – 13,378 runs in 168 Tests Allan Border – 11,174 runs in 156 Tests Steve Waugh – 10,927 runs in 168 Tests England Alastair Cook – 12,472 runs in 161 Tests Joe Root – 12,027* runs in 143 Tests Sri Lanka Kumar Sangakkara – 12,400 runs in 134 Tests Mahela Jayawardene – 11,814 runs in 149 Tests West Indies Brian Lara – 11,953 runs in 131 Tests Shivnarine Chanderpaul – 11,867 runs in 164 Tests South Africa Jacques Kallis – 13,289 runs in 166 Tests Pakistan Younis Khan – 10,099 runs in 118 Tests Most Runs in Test: List of 10 players who scored the most runs in the history of Test cricket Player Runs in Test cricket Sachin Tendulkar- India 15,921 Ricky Ponting – Australia 13,378 Jacques Kallis- South Africa 13,289 Rahul Dravid- India 13,288 Alastair Cook- England 12,472 Kumar Sangakkara- Sri Lanka 12,400 Joe Root- England 12,027 Brian Lara- West Indies 11,953 Shivnarine Chnaderpaul- West Indies 11,867 Mahela Jayawardene- Sri Lanka 11,814
