Mumbai Indians announced the appointment of South African legend, the record-holding wicket-keeper Mark Boucher as their Head Coach starting with IPL 2023.
Mark Boucher who has had a long and prominent career as a wicketkeeper, and batsman, holds the record for the most Test clearances by a wicketkeeper. Notably, after retirement, he took over as coach for Titans which is a top-level cricket franchise in South Africa and led them to five domestic titles.
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In 2019, Cricket South Africa appointed Mark Boucher as the head coach where he crafted 11 Test wins, 12 in ODIs and 23 T20I victories. Akash. M. Ambani, Chairman, Reliance Jio InfoComm, said “It’s a pleasure to welcome Mark Boucher to Mumbai Indians. With his proven expertise on the field and off it as a coach guiding his team to numerous victories, Mark will add immense value to MI and take forward its legacy.”
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Replying to that, Mark said, “It is an honour and privilege to be appointed as Head Coach of MI. Their history and achievements as a franchise put them up there as one of the most successful sporting franchises in all of the world the orts. I look forward to the challenge and respect the need for results. It’s a strong unit with great leadership and players. I look forward to adding value to this dynamic unit.”
It is to be noted that on Monday, Boucher resigned as South Africa’s head coach. Meanwhile, his decision was immediate for quite a few. Again, this is not the first time for Boucher in IPL as he has first served as the wicketkeeping coach for the Knight Riders in 2016 IPL. He has once 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 African men’s national team.
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