The Mumbai Indians would have approached the white ball captain of Sri Lanka Charith Asalanka to join their team for the rest of the 2025 season. Before the IPL 2025 on May 17, the five -time champions envisaged Charith Asalanka to join the team.
In fact, the Mumbai Indians make safeguard plans while they are preparing for the IPL 2025 playoffs. If Hhelik Pandya and Co. arrive in the direct elimination phase, they will probably miss their main players abroad Corbin Bosch and Ryan Rickelton in South Africa and Will England due to international functions.
The Mumbai Indians to talk to Corde in Charith Asalanka in the middle of the absence of players abroad for IPL 2025
Bosch and Rickelton were chosen from the South African team for the next ICC World World Championship final (WTC), while Jacks will be in the Antilles with the Cricket team in England for the White-Ball series, starting May 29.
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To fill the void, the Mumbai franchise would have fixed the obstruction on Asalanka. Sri Lanka’s white ball captain is known for his powerful strikes, and he could bring the needs of fire power in the last crucial phase of the tournament in the absence of Jacks, Bosch and Rickelton.
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As reported by Newswire, discussions are underway between the Indians of Mumbai and Charith Asalanka, but none of them has yet officially confirmed this decision. The report can be read as follows: “Sri Lanka’s white ball captain, Charith Asalanka, would have been approached by the Mumbai Indians to join the team for the rest of the 2025 season.”
CHARITH ASALANKA T20 numbers
However, the left -handed striker has not yet made his debut in the Indian Premier League, but he appeared in the Lanka Premier League and the T20 International League (ILT20) of the water.
The Sri Lankan captain has so far played 137 T20 during his career and has raised 2767 points, the highest score being an undefeated 80. The holder also has 27 counters in the T20 cricket.
Charith Asalanka also represented Sri Lanka in 58 T20is, marking 1247 points and taking 6 counters so far. He also played 3 tests and 73 ODI for Sri Lanka.
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Meanwhile, Mumbai Indians have transformed their season in style. After losing 4 of their first 5 games, they rebounded with 6 consecutive victories before slipping against Gujarat Titans in their last match before the suspension of the 2025 for a week by the BCCI.
Now, with only two games to play, Mi must win at least one to keep their hopes in the IPL 2025 qualifiers. They are currently seated in fourth place with 14 points of 12 games so far. After an eight -day break, IPL 2025 resumes with RCB against KKR in Bengaluru on May 17.
Chennai Super Kings, Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals came out of the IPL 2025 eliminatory series, while seven teams are fighting for the first four places. Mumbai Indians have the best net execution rate (1.156) and could qualify with one more victory, according to other results.
However, one finish among the first two is not certain with 18 points for the MI, because the Titans of Gujarat, the Royal Challengers Bengaluru and the Punjab Kings can always finish higher at the League stadium.