Dimitri Mascarenhas News

Former England all-rounder Dimitri Mascarenhas said he will leave at the end of the season to spend more time with his family.

Dimitri Mascarenhas has been retained on a two-year contract after impressing during the recently completed Test series in England.

Dimitri Mascarehas, who played 20 ODIs for England, replaces Shane Bond who leaves the New Zealand coaching panel at the end of the World Cup to take up a role with the Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League.

It is understood that none of the English players or umpires are accused of involvement in match fixing but they have been interviewed as part of an intelligence-gathering process.

Rejoicing at his team's first win in the IPL this season, Kings XI Punjab skipper Adam Gilchrist credited his bowlers for the seven-wicket victory over Pune Warriors here.

Dimitri Mascarenhas and Shaun Marsh were the architects of a comfortable win for Kings XI Punjab, their first this IPL after a poor start to the season.

Kings XI Punjab have signed South Africa batsman David Miller for $100,000 as a replacement for allrounder Dimitri Mascarenhas.

Kings XI Punjab will be replacing England all-rounder Stuart Broad and Dimitri Mascarenhas in their squad for the 2011 IPL, as both players are unavailable for the tournament due to injuries, a franchise official has said. Broad picked up a side strain during the World Cup, while Mascarenhas has not yet recovered from surgery to fix his achilles injury.

Dimitri Mascarenhas will miss the start of the 2011 English season as a punishment for his outburst on Twitter against England selection chief.

England's Dimitri Mascarenhas is likely to face disciplinary action following his Twitter outburst on chairman of selectors Geoff Miller.