{
  "id": 2575750,
  "title": "Mumbai Indians land former RR director who scouted Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Yashasvi Jaiswal ahead of IPL 2027",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/mumbai-indians-land-former-rr-director-who-scouted-vaibhav",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-22T12:40:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/mumbai-indians-land-former-rr-124032468.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Mumbai Indians have appointed Zubin Bharucha, a former Rajasthan Royals head of cricket, as their new Director of Performance. Bharucha, 56, spearheaded the Royals' scouting department from 2018 to 2026, where he was instrumental in discovering promising talents such as Sanju Samson, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi. The 2021 signing of Sooryavanshi, initially offered Rs 10 crore by Bharucha during trials at the Royals' academy, has proven to be a valuable acquisition. As Director of Performance, Bharucha will collaborate with the existing performance leadership at Mumbai Indians to build on their player development approach and work towards overcoming their IPL trophy drought since 2020.",
  "summary": "Mumbai Indians have appointed former RR head of cricket Zubin Bharucha, who scouted Yashasvi Jaiswal and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, as Director of Performance.",
  "key_points": [
    "Zubin Bharucha appointed as Mumbai Indians' Director of Performance",
    "Former Rajasthan Royals head of cricket leads player scouting",
    "Scouted Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Yashasvi Jaiswal for IPL 2027"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "ESPNcricinfo",
        "title": "Zubin Bharucha joins Mumbai Indians as director of performance",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/zubin-bharucha-joins-mumbai-indians-as-director-of-performance",
        "published": "2026-08-22T09:58:38.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}