The news of Malinga's participation will boost Mumbai Indians' confidence as they aim to register their first win of the tournament after losing to Delhi Capitals on Sunday.
While the Chris Gayle factor is worrying Rajasthan Royals, Kings XI Punjab is banking on the Caribbean's experience.
There have been strong indications that the World Cup in England could be Dhoni's international swansong but CSK coach wants him to continue for at least one more year.
A top-order batsman who is more than handy with his wily leg-spin, England's Joe Denly was roped in by Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) for his base price of Rs 1 crore.
Out of national team's scheme of things for good, Yuvraj has had poor track record in IPL but started on a bright note with a half-century for his latest franchise Mumbai Indians.
The Bollywood superstar revealed that the love shown by the KKR fans left Andre Russell overwhelmed so much that he nearly broke into tears.
Andre Russell smashed an unbeaten 19-ball 49 to set up the win for KKR and spoil David Warner's scintillating IPL comeback.
Pant put his whirlwind knock to the need of the hour as Delhi needed someone to up the ante at that stage of the innings, after Shikhar Dhawan and Colin Ingram had provided the platform.
Yuvraj's comments came after Pant showed his heroics with the bat once again and played a match-winning unbeaten 78 off just 27 balls.
Pant's unbeaten 27-ball 78 was too much to handle for Mumbai as they failed to get going in their humongous chase of 214.
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