IPL 2025 MI Head Coach: Mumbai Indians is one of the most successful teams in the Indian Premier League with a total of five trophies under their belt. Mumbai Indians is one of the eight teams to make their debut in the 2008 edition of the cash-rich league.
The Mumbai-based franchise has won the IPL titles in 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2020 seasons. Apart from the five IPL titles, Mumbai Indians also won the Champions League Twenty20 a couple of times. Mumbai Indians won the Champions League in 2011 and 2013.
The franchise is well known for its star-studded squad and coaching panel. Legendary cricketers like Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting and Sanath Jayasuriya have played for Mumbai Indians in past while current superstars including Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah and Suryakumar Yadav play for the Mumbai-based franchise.
Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai which has a ground capacity of 33,100 is the home ground of the Mumbai Indians team.[Which Is The Best Stand In Wankhede Stadium] While Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai which has a ground capacity of 50,000 is their secondary home ground.
Updates
- Ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction, Mumbai Indians is set to retain Rohit Sharma along with Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah and Suryakumar Yadav.
- Paras Mhambrey has been named as the bowling coach of the Mumbai Indians and will work along with Lasith Malinga in the IPL 2025 season.
- Mahela Jayawardene was appointed as Mumbai Indians’ Head Coach for IPL 2025.
IPL 2025 MI Head Coach
Former Sri Lanka cricketer and Coach Mahela Jayawardene is the head coach of the Mumbai Indians for the IPL 2025 season. He was appointed as the head coach of Mumbai Indians on October 13, 2024 and will be replacing outgoing Boucher.
IPL 2025 MI Batting Coach
Trinidadian cricketer and former Mumbai Indians cricketer Kieron Pollard is the current batting coach of the Mumbai Indians.
In November 2022, Kieron Pollard was appointed as the batting coach of the Mumbai Indians following his retirement from IPL. Apart from serving the Mumbai franchise in IPL, Pollard was appointed as the assistant coach of the England cricket team in December 2023 for the 2024 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.
Mumbai Indians also roped in former Indian cricketer Jagadeesh Arunkumar as their assistant batting coach in December 2022. After retiring in 2008, Arunkumar turned to coaching and was the batting coach of the Karnataka side when they won their back-to-back titles in the Ranji Trophy, the Irani Cup and the Vijay Hazare Trophy in 2013-14 and 2014-15.
IPL 2025 MI Bowling Coach
Lasith Malinga and Paras Mhambrey are the bowling coaches of the Mumbai Indians for the IPL 2025 season.
In October 2024, former India seamer Paras Mhambrey who had served as MI’s assistant coach previously was appointed as MI’s bowling coach and will work alongside current bowling coach Lasith Malinga.
Earlier in February 2018, Malinga was appointed as the bowling mentor for the Mumbai Indians team while Shane Bond was the bowling coach for the side in the IPL 2018 season. For the IPL 2022 season, he was appointed as the fast bowling coach for the Rajasthan Royals.
Ahead of the IPL 2024 season, Malinga was named as the bowling coach for the Mumbai Indians in 2023.
MI Support Staff 2025
Apart from having separate specialists for batting, bowling and fielding, teams will have multiple support staff to assist the team during the tournament. The complete list of Mumbai Indians head coach, and support staff details for the IPL 2025 are listed below:
Position | Name |
Captain | Hardik Pandya |
Head coach | Mahela Jayawardene |
Batting coach | Kieron Pollard |
Bowling coach | Lasith Malinga |
Paras Mhambrey | |
Fielding coach | James Pamment |
Assistant batting coach | J. Arunkumar |
Strength and conditioning coach | Paul Chapman |
Head Sports Science & Medicine | Ben Langley |
Team Manager | Prashant Jangam |
Data Performance Manager | Dhananjai CKM |
Sports Massage Therapist | Amit Shah |
Physiotherapist | Craig Govender |
Assistant Physiotherapist | Amit Dubey |
Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach | Pratik Kadam |
Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach | Nagendra Prasad |
Assistant Sports Massage Therapist | Mayur Satpute |
Mobility and Movement Trainer | Sohrab Khushrushahi |
Performance Analyst | L Varun |
Nutritionist | Kinita Kasakia Patel |
Source: MI
Who is the head coach of Mumbai Indians for IPL 2025?
Former Sri Lanka cricketer Mahela Jayawardene has been appointed as the head coach of the Mumbai Indians for the IPL 2025 season.
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