IPL 2023: Mark Boucher to replace Jayawardene as Mumbai Indians head coach?

Boucher
is
the
front
runner
after
having
relinquished
his
post
as
the
South
African
coach,
serving
only
till
the
upcoming
T20
World
Cup
2022.

The
Mumbai
Indians
organisation
confirmed
Simon
Katich’s
hiring
on
Thursday
(September
15)
in
a
media
statement,
adding
that
Hashim
Amla
will
serve
as
his
assistant
as
the
team’s
batting
coach,
while
Robin
Peterson
will
serve
as
general
manager
of
MI
Cape
Town
in
SA20.

Fielding
coach
James
Pamment
will
remain
in
his
position.

Reliance
Industries
Limited,
which
also
owns
MI
Emirates
in
the
UAE’s
ILT20
league
and
IPL
powerhouse
Mumbai
Indians,
are
the
owner
of
MI
Cape
Town.

Rashid
Khan,
Liam
Livingstone,
Sam
Curran,
Kagiso
Rabada,
and
Dewald
Brevis
who
also
represents
the
team
in
the
Indian
Premier
League
were
the
first
SA20
team
to
make
their
five
direct
signings
public
in
August.

MI
Cape
Town
was
the
first
SA20
side
to
do
so
before
the
auction.
September
19
is
the
announced
date
for
the
SA20
player
auction
in
Cape
Town.

The
club
recently
revamped
its
current
coaching
setup,
which
was
followed
by
the
hiring
of
additional
support
staff.

Zaheer
Khan,
who
served
as
the
director
of
cricket
operations
up
until
last
season,
has
been
promoted
to
the
position
of
global
head
of
cricket
development,
replacing
Mahela
Jayawardene,
who
has
been
the
head
coach
of
the
Mumbai
Indians
since
2017.

Both
of
them
will
be
involved
with
the
group’s
three
teams.
One
of
Jayawardene’s
responsibilities
is
to
supervise
the
coaching
staffs
at
each
of
the
three
franchises.

To
that
end,
he
collaborated
with
the
ownership
group
of
the
Mumbai
Indians
to
determine
the
coaching
staffs
for
each
of
the
three
teams,
the
specifics
of
which
are
anticipated
to
be
revealed
this
week.

Since
Jayawardene
assumed
his
new
position,
there
has
been
much
speculation
regarding
who
will
take
over
as
coach
of
the
IPL
squad,
and
Boucher
may
be
the
right
candidate.

Boucher
abruptly
resigned
as
South
Africa’s
head
coach
on
Monday,
effective
after
South
Africa’s
participation
in
the
next
T20
World
Cup
in
Australia,
causing
a
stir.

South
Africa
had
just
lost
a
Test
series
in
England
by
a
score
of
2-1.

Boucher
wants
to
“pursue
other
interests
and
opportunities,”
CSA
CEO
Pholetsi
Moseki
said
at
the
time.

Boucher
served
as
the
wicketkeeping
coach
for
the
Knight
Riders
for
the
2016
IPL,
despite
the
fact
that
he
may
not
have
much
experience
coaching
in
the
T20
franchise
circuit.

He
has
previously
played
for
both
the
Knight
Riders
and
the
Royal
Challengers.

After
that,
he
took
over
as
head
coach
of
Titans
in
the
domestic
South
African
league
before
taking
over
as
coach
of
the
South
Africa
men’s
national
team.