Mumbai Indians to felicitate Malinga

Indian Premier League, two-time champion Mumbai Indians’s trio of cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar, Sri Lanka pacer Lasith Malinga and seasoned off-spinner Harbhajan Singh are to be honoured by team owners Mukesh and Nita Ambani at their residence in Mumbai, sportstarlive reported.

To celebrate ten years of its association with the hugely successful Indian Premier League, two-time champion Mumbai Indians is organising this special function on April 10.

All three cricketers have been part of MI from the first edition of IPL in 2008 with Tendulkar, who retired as player in 2013, remaining as the franchise team’s icon.

India captain Virat Kohli is the only other player to have remained with one franchise (Royal Challengers Bangalore) in ten years of the T20 League.

All those who had been part of MI in the decade-long journey, including former support staff/ex-players like Anil Kumble, Shaun Pollock, Ricky Ponting and Sanath Jayasuriya, have been invited for the function, it was learnt.

The current lot of BCCI and MCA officials, as well as Bollywood celebrities, have also been invited for the function.

The celebrations are to be held a day after MI’s first home game of season 10, against Kolkata Knight Riders, at the Wankhede Stadium.

MI is to open its campaign in IPL 10 on April 6 in an away game against Rising Pune Supergiant.