It is reported that the Mumbai Indians owners have promoted its head coach Mahela Jayawardene for a top position.

Former Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene Mahela has been appointed as the Global Head of Group Performance and hence has to step down as the head coach of the Mumbai Indians. According to this new appointment Mahela has been entrusted with the responsibility of providing leadership for the global cricket operations including the overall strategic planning of the group, creating a global high performance environment, creating the training structures of each team as well as working closely with the head coaches of all the teams to build a stable and more prominent cricket brand.

Mumbai Indians ownership has been given this new position to Mahela in conjunction with the purchase of the M.I. Cape Town and M.I. Emirates teams.