Mumbai, Dec 7 (PTI) Mumbai Indians today announced theappointment of New Zealander James Pamment as its new fieldingcoach.
Pamment (49) will replace former South African greatJonty Rhodes who has been part of the outfit for nine seasonssince 2009 and has now expressed desire to move on to spendmore time on his personal business ventures, MI said in arelease here.
Attributing Rhodes' work ethics as key to MI'ssuccessful journey, MI owner Akash Ambani termed hiscontribution as "invaluable" and "unmeasurable in words".
"Jonty has been a pillar of strength and energy inMumbai Indians. His contribution cannot be valued in words,"Akash Ambani was quoted as saying in the release.
"James is an experienced coach at the internationallevel having worked with New Zealand Cricket as fieldingspecialist and development. What impressed us was the wayJames had coached Northern Districts in Champions League T20in 2014, and to be honest, his side's fielding unit was one ofthe best Mumbai Indians had ever faced," added Ambani.
James, who held the Head Coach position at NorthernDistrict before accepting the new assignment, said that he wasexcited to take up the new job.
Rhodes said his journey with the franchise has beenremarkable.
"Over the last nine years, Mumbai Indians has setsporting benchmarks both on and off the field, and personally,it's been quite a remarkable journey for me to work withfantastic set of individuals like Sachin (Tendulkar), Rohit(Sharma), Anil (Kumble), Ricky (Ponting), Mahela (Jayawardane)and all the support staff and players over the years," Rhodessaid. PTI NRBKRK.
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