Zaheer Khan, was the director of Cricketing Operations for Mumbai Indians and Mahela Jayawardene was the head coach of Mumbai Indians Team. Mahela Jayawardene stepped down as the Mumbai Indians head coach in order to take up a broader role as the franchise’s global head of performance.
Mahela Jayawardene will oversee the coaching and scouting in all three teams owned by the Mumbai Indian franchise. While Zaheer Khan will now take up the role of Global development for the three teams.
Elaborating on the roles and responsibilities of the two men who will be right at the top of the backroom staff, the statement said that Jayawardene would be involved with “overall strategic planning, the creation of an integrated global high-performance eco-system, as well as responsibility for each team’s coaching and support structures, working closely with the team head coaches to ensure synergies, a consistent brand of cricket, and implementation of best practices set by MI.”
As for Zaheer, he would be “responsible for player development, building on MI’s robust programme around talent identification and grooming and adopting the same across geographies, which has been core to MI’s philosophy and success”.
(source: Cricinfo)